Top Animal Health Links (Sep 30-Oct 6)

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. Click here to view last week’s top animal health links.

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General / One Health

Ontario Rabies Update: 1 new case found this week in a skunk in Welland

Bees

Beekeepers – have you filled out the Varroa Mite Survey yet? Log your varroa levels and be entered to win 1 of 30 $25 Gift Certificates to Innisfill Creek Honey or ApiHex

Bovine

Check out the latest OAHN Bovine Producer and Veterinary Reports

Deadly deer virus found in cattle

Companion Animals

Leptospirosis Threatens Dog, Human Health

Equine

Confirmed case of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a horse located in the Greater Sudbury area

Poultry

Study identifies virulence markers in hard-to-eliminate virus

Wildlife

Mexican gray wolf pup dies from Eastern equine encephalitis at Binder Park Zoo

Fungal disease found in porcupines, adding to list of species hit by fungus outbreaks