Weekly Disease Surveillance Scan (Aug 6-12)

Below, please find our weekly disease surveillance scan links, broken down by Network. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter if you want to see the best animal health links on the net every day. Read our guides on how to use Twitter and Facebook for continuing education. If you missed last week’s top links, check them out here.

One Health / General

New Species of Tick Found in New York State

Bovine

Milking cows for data – not just dairy products

Companion Animals

Popular Grain-Free Dog Foods May Be Linked to Heart Disease

Poultry

Backyard poultry linked to 212 Salmonella cases in 2018 – CDC reports that 26 percent of the people affected were under the age of 5

Wildlife

Rabies in Maine: Brunswick police warn of a ‘widespread rabies epidemic’

From the US: Twenty-Six Raccoons Have Been Found Dead in Central Park, Officials Say