When it comes to food safety risks with H5N1 influenza, we know it’s a problem with raw (unpasteurized) milk from cattle, so I often get asked if it’s a concern with milk from other animals, such as goat’s milk. It’s…

It’s fair to say that raw pet foods have clearly been source of H5N1 influenza infections in cats, some of which have been fatal – even though sometimes it’s impossible to make a definitive link between the food and infection…

A recent opinion article in the Washington Post about how to protect cats from H5N1 influenza includes some good considerations, but alongside some bad information. It’s prompted me to write a bit about pet food preparation and how it does…

Over a year ago, I wrote a few posts about changes to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) veterinary antimicrobial susceptibility testing guidelines. When a bacterium is grown in a lab and tested for susceptibility to different drugs, the…

I get variations of this question not uncommonly from veterinarians:

A client just came in and said they/their kid was diagnosed with Dientamoeba fragilis infection and their physician said to test/treat their dog. What should I do?

On one hand,…

We don’t talk a lot about antiviral resistance in animals, particularly compared to antibacterial resistance, primarily because we don’t use antivirals a lot in animals – but we do use some.

When we use any anti-infective medication, we have to…

Details have now been released about the information that was briefly posted then removed from the US CDC website a couple weeks ago regarding suspected household transmission of H5N1 flu to and from cats. It’s great to have…