Weekly Disease Surveillance Scan (Feb 19-25)

To help you stay on top of animal health and disease news, we are posting our top links of the week, which will direct you to important information and discussions around animal health. Below, please find the 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.

General

Exciting news! We are pleased to announce funding through the OMAFRA-University of Guelph Partnership.

Bovine

Outbreak of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Campylobacter jejuni Infections Associated with Raw Milk Consumption from a Herdshare Dairy — Colorado, 2016

Equine

“Working together to break the Strangles-hold: the latest thinking on Streptococcus equi” from the latest DEFRA/AHT/BEVA Equine Quarterly Disease Surveillance Report

New Parvovirus Discovered within Equine Tetanus Antitoxin: “Equine serum hepatitis, also known as Theiler’s disease, has a serious and often fatal clinical course.”

Small Ruminants

Prevent early lactation health problems with this post-kidding checklist

Swine

Veterinary researcher makes inroads in fighting classical swine fever: A KSU researcher has licensed a new vaccine to an animal health company to fight a highly contagious swine disease overseas.