I’ll start this off with “don’t freak out, overhype it or be paranoid about your dog”. (I’ll probably end with that too).
A recent report in Lancet (Seang et al) describes a pretty solid case of suspected monkeypox virus (MPXV)
I’ll start this off with “don’t freak out, overhype it or be paranoid about your dog”. (I’ll probably end with that too).
A recent report in Lancet (Seang et al) describes a pretty solid case of suspected monkeypox virus (MPXV)…
Alberta Health Services is reporting a cluster of Salmonella infections linked to pet reptiles. In many ways, this isn’t really remarkable (unless you’re one of the people who’s infected). Reptile contact is a very well-known risk factor for acquiring…
Hot on the heels of a recent update to dog importation rules in the US, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced new rules for importation of commercial dogs into Canada.
The essence of the change is…
Addendum: OMAFRA has now issued their notification, along with advisories for vets and rabbit owners.
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease has been identified in a group of pet rabbits in Lambton County, Ontario. This is a bit of a “surprising, but…
Headline writers are probably going to screw up my day tomorrow by sensationalizing this, but a new paper in the journal Animals (Fiorito et al. 2022) describes SARS-CoV-2 infection in cattle in Italy. (It’s an MDPI journal, and I take…