When an unvaccinated person is exposed to rabies, they typically receive post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) consisting of a dose of anti-rabies antibodies and four (4) rabies vaccines over the course of two weeks. In dogs and cats, it’s a different story.
For such a potentially big problem, we’re received disappointingly little official information about H5N1 influenza on dairy farms in the US. The more we know, the better we can plan for containment and control, wherever it pops up next.
I was at the airport the other day and, as per usual, there were lots of traveling dogs there too. As I was watching one dog getting lots of random attention while in line to board, I could only smile
Some dogs cross the border between the US and Canada because the closest veterinary clinic (or closest referral/specialty clinic) is in the other country. In the past, that hasn’t usually been an issue because of the ease of dog movement
The US has been tinkering (for the good) with their canine importation rules for the past few years, primarily in response to concerns about importing rabid dogs. The US had just announces a new set of rules for importing dogs
We know a lot more about the situation with H5N1 influenza in dairy cattle than we did a couple of weeks ago, thanks to ongoing research and (more importantly) better disclosure of information that has been held pretty tight
Dairy cows produce a lot of milk. That’s great when you’re producing it for sale. It’s not great when you have to get rid of it.
It’s clear that this H5N1 flu virus has an affinity for the udder, and
When we talk about “worms” in dogs or cats, we’re usually talking about parasites that can infect pets or (less commonly) that harbour other pathogens. However, there are also certain worms that can cause other problems for our furry friends.
As H5N1 avian flu continues to infect dairy cattle in the US, and because we still don’t really understand some important aspects of how it’s being spread on and between dairy farms, questions keep coming up about the risk
While details about the ongoing H5N1 influenza outbreak in dairy cattle in the US have been really sparse, a new pre-print about the early H5N1 cases in Texas dairy herds posted on bioRxiv earlier this week (Hu et al.