Weekly Disease Surveillance Scan (Mar 5 – 11)

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

Updated Ontario Rabies Map: 2 new positive cases of raccoon rabies in two raccoons (Hamilton) and 1 new positive case of presumed fox rabies in a skunk (Waterloo) this week

Companion Animals

Disease Advisory from OMAFRA regarding the Confirmed Clusters of Canine Influenza in Essex County and Simcoe-Muskoka

Blue Ridge Beef recalls pet food; kitten deaths reported: “Blue Ridge Beef distributed the implicated lot in Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and North Carolina.”

Equine

For those travelling to Florida with horses:

Horse Sickness Causes Alachua County Quarantines

EEE Confirmed in Nassau County, Florida, Horse

Fish

From Nova Scotia – Salmon smolts killed after ‘unusual’ outbreak at two fish farms: minister

Poultry