Top Animal Health Links This Week (Feb 20-26)
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
20 new rabies cases found in Canada in January. Details at the CFIA site
Ontario Rabies Update: 2 new cases found last week – 1 raccoon in Hamilton and 1 in Brant.
Bees
The Honeybee Research Centre at UofG has great video resources. Part 1 of Abnormal Conditions
Bovine
Poultry
Great OVC article about OAHN’s Dr. Mike Petrik: “Poultry vet passionate about welfare”
Migration routes hold key to bird flu spread, global study finds
Industry Infectious Laryngotracheitis Disease Advisory for Lanark County. More details and map here
Small Ruminants
Learn about scrapie and the National Scrapie Eradication Program by the CFIA
Swine
A case of PED was found in Ontario at a Finisher Barn in Haldimand-Norfolk. First case of 2017. From Ontario Pork