Top Animal Health Links (Jan 28 – Feb 3)

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.

General / One Health

Rift Valley fever primarily occurs in livestock in sub-Saharan Africa, but hundreds of cases also occur in humans each year

CDC Confirms Milk Connected To Outbreak Of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Was Shipped To Iowa

Bovine

Bovine tuberculosis identified in Sargent County beef herd

Cattle deaths in Florida and Georgia lead to feed investigation

Companion Animals

Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Pet Hedgehogs

Small Ruminants

Bighorn sheep are dying in the California desert, and experts aren’t sure why

Swine

African swine fever hits largest farm yet in China

Wildlife

Ontario steps up surveillance for deer ailment Chronic Wasting Disease

A Maitland woman said an otter charged at her, bit her calf and scratched her while she was walking her dog … The Florida Department of Health said the otter tested positive for rabies

Wisconsin confirms first West Nile in grouse