Weekly Disease Surveillance Scan (Aug 13-19)

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

Updated Ontario Rabies Map – 5 new cases of raccoon rabies in three raccoons (Niagara and Brant) and two skunks (Niagara) this week

Bees

Free Beekeeping Workshop for Ontario Beekeepers. Throughout August, Ontario beekeepers are invited to attend free hands-on workshops on varroa mite testing provided by experienced beekeepers

Companion Animals

Fox or coyote tapeworms acting like ‘aggressive tumours’ threaten dogs, humans: expert

Dogs Used to Detect Devastating Threat to Bees

For anyone traveling to the US this weekend or in the near future: Canine Influenza (H3N2) Cases in Michigan

Equine

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Confirmed in Haldimand County

West Nile virus risk high for horses

Updated Equine Neurological Disease Map – Cases of Equine Neurological Disease in Ontario – 2018

Fish

In China: Antibiotic resistance lurks below the surface of fish-farm ponds

Poultry

VIN course on small flock poultry medicine for vets: now open