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Never a simple story: West Nile in California

Orange County CA is currently experiencing a major outbreak of West Nile infection in people. Since January 94 cases have been confirmed, three of which were fatal, representing nearly a quarter of the...

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Ebola: precautions and paranoia

Awareness is good. Being proactive is wise. Being paranoid? That’s another story. As this unprecedented Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa continues to expand, many people in North America have...

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Lyme disease & ticks: New infosheet

The latest Worms & Germs infosheet, all about Lyme disease and ticks, is now available on the Resources – Pets page.  Although it’s getting colder and occasionally snowy up in Ontario, there are...

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2013 US rabies recap

It’s that time of year. No, not for snow (although it is snowing here at the moment). It’s time for the annual US rabies surveillance report in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical...

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US dog importation and rabies vaccination

I’ve written a lot lately about importation of pets and associated infectious disease issues. A recent paper in the journal Zoonoses and Public Health (Sinclair et al, Dogs entering the United States...

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OAHN Podcast on Rabies for Ontario Veterinarians

The new Ontario Animal Health Network, developed as part of the OMAFRA-UofG partnership under the Disease Surveillance Plan (DSP), has produced a number of podcasts on important topics for...

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Deworming wild and feral animals

I had a question the other day about roundworms in feral cats. Specifically, how do you deworm a group of cats that you don’t handle and may not be able to catch? There are a few possible approaches,...

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Mad Cow in Alberta

Last week the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), more commonly known as Mad Cow Disease, was found in an Alberta beef cow.  BSE...

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White House antibiotic resistance action plan

The White House has released a "National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria". This follows on the heels of "Executive Order 13676: Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria" which...

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More dog travel issues

Importation issues, Part 1 A Facebook post was forwarded to me the other day. It reads “Drove to the airport today to pick up this lovely little girl [puppy] who flew all the way to Montreal from Baku...

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Cats, Toxoplasma and mental health (with a side of over-exuberant reporting)

There’s been a lot of discussion about toxoplasmosis and mental health over the past few weeks in response to a paper in Schizophrenia Research (Torrey et al 2015). Some internet sources are having a...

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A near fatal dog lick?

I like to write about interesting papers that appear in the medical literature. A problem with that is that it’s often weird cases that get published.  So, it’s important to keep things in perspective....

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Reducing antibiotic use in the real world…easier said than done

I did a consultation today about a dog that shows some of the practical challenges of reducing antibiotic use. It was an older dog with a test result that could be consistent with an infectious...

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Craigslist + rabid puppy = bad news

There are lots of reasons not to get a puppy from Craigslist. While getting a rabid one isn’t likely, it can happen and result in a lot of trouble.   Case and point…A litter of 9 puppies from...

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Craigslist rabid puppy update

The other day, I wrote about an effort to track down adopters of puppies from a litter in the Clay County, Texas, area after one of the puppies was confirmed to be rabid. At last report, 8 of the 9...

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Fall Fair Fowl Factsheet – Biosecurity for poultry at shows

Poultry biosecurity is an important practice to limit the spread of disease. There are many viruses, bacteria and parasites that exist that can cause disease in birds. These can spread by direct bird...

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Resistant Staph in Animals Conference

I realize this is outside of the scope of most readers (so let me apologize in advance for some wasted electrons), but here’s a quick announcement of the 4th ASM/ESCMID Conference on...

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New US CDC dog importation information

CDC has released a new dog importation poster along with an updated importation page on their website. Rules are still pretty lax (but stricter than in Canada), but more effective communication never...

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CPHAZ symposium presentations online

Presentations from the 2015 Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses (CPHAZ) Symposium are now on YouTube on the Worms & Germs Blog channel. There is a wide range of talks, including topics such as...

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Rabies socks

When I  saw “rabies socks“, my first thought was “someone’s going to be cursing their autocorrect“. Apparently not. The Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians (OAVT) Rabies Response Program...

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