Weekly Disease Surveillance Scan (Oct 8-14)

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.

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General / One Health

Ontario Rabies Update: 2 new cases of raccoon rabies found last week in two raccoons (Niagara and Haldimand) Full stats and updated map available here

Another great infographic from CPHAZ: Antimicrobial Resistance: A One Health Perspective: What’s the issue, what did the researchers do, what did they find, and so what?

First tickborne Heartland Virus case reported in Illinois Reported cases of heartland virus disease are relatively rare. Likely spread by the lone star tick, more than 30 cases of the virus have been reported in the Midwestern and Southern US

World’s first human case of rat disease discovered For the first time, a case of rat hepatitis E has been discovered in a human in Hong Kong

Equine

The AAEP says It’s Not Too Late This Year for West Nile Vaccination

Swine

Current environment calls for timely review of biosecurity