Weekly Disease Surveillance Scan (Jul 23-29)

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.

One Health

Rocky Mountain Fever in Illinois: St. Joseph County man contracts deadly tick-borne illness

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in the US presents a triple threat

There has been one positive human case of WNV reported from the Toronto health unit and one from Middlesex-London health unit although that person had travelled.

Bovine

Bovine Tuberculosis News from Michigan: Michigan Updates TB Zoning Orders

Companion Animals

From Worms and Germs: Canine Leishmania map

Equine

‘A slow death’: Waipio Valley residents concerned as mysterious illness kills wild horses

Positive Case of Equine Infectious Anemia Confirmed in Saskatchewan

Wildlife

Moose-killing ticks draw close attention of researchers

From the US: Mich. health department reports increase of bats with rabies

Updated Ontario Rabies Map – 2 new cases found this week in two raccoons in Hamilton