A collaborative network for veterinarians and producers/owners in ON, Canada to detect new and ongoing diseases/issues in animals.
Ontario, Canada
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Ontario Equine Vets and RVTs - please tell us what you are seeing in practice!
The latest equine practitioner survey is out, and your contributions help with Ontario equine disease surveillance and health.
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The USDA said on Wednesday it confirmed the first detection of flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm in U.S. wildlife in an elk in Pecos County, Texas, while New Mexico authorities separately said they confirmed a case in a beef cow.
ctvnews.ca/health/article/ne…
Ontario Equine Vets and RVTs
LAST CHANCE to fill out our equine practitioners survey. Please take 5 mins to tell us what you've seen in practice over the past 3 months:
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Survey closes Oct 24
#EquineVet #HorseVet #OntarioHorse #OntarioEquine #VetMed
Although Shamonda virus has the ability to infect human evidence suggests the risk remains low
"The first reported human infection with Shamonda virus in France has brought renewed attention to a virus detected in European livestock in 2026"
woah.org/en/shamonda-virus-w…
#OneHealth
Ontario Animal Health Network retweeted
Ontario Equine Disease Alert
-Equine Influenza in Wellington County, ON
Details and full list of Ontario Equine Disease Alerts here:
oahn.ca/resources/ontario-eq…
#OntarioEquine #OntarioHorse #HorseVet #VetMed
Ontario Equine Disease Alert
-Equine Influenza in Wellington County, ON
Details and full list of Ontario Equine Disease Alerts here:
oahn.ca/resources/ontario-eq…
#OntarioEquine #OntarioHorse #HorseVet #VetMed
On Oct 20 our OAHN Aquatics Network is hosting a talk by Dr. Cheyenne R. Smith: Exploring a Potentially Transmissible Melanoma in Brown Bullhead: A Science Story
For more details and free registration, please click here: oahn.ca/resources/exploring-…
See you on Tuesday!
#OneHealth
Ontario Equine Vets & RVTs
The Equine Practitioner survey is out, and your contributions help with Ontario equine disease surveillance and health. It takes 5 minutes.
uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jf…
#Equine #OntarioEquine #OntarioHorse #HorseHealth
Free educational series from CAHSS:
The Smallholder Webinar Series is designed for Canadian smallholders and producers working with small ruminants, swine, and poultry/small flocks.
1.5 hours of RACE-approved CE credits available for each webinar.
cahss.ca/cahss-networks/smal…
Ontario Animal Health Network retweeted
Part 6 of our vaccination series: how many vaccines at once are too many?
Short answer: There's no practical limit. It's been estimated that the body can response to thousands of vaccines at once, so the combinations we would use in animals (and ppl) are not an issue.
1/2
Ontario Animal Health Network retweeted
The problem is, we often go from expert (evidence-light) opinion to ingrained (thou shalt do this) with no steps in between.
Here's a link to a commentary about the need for study of this important (and vexing) topic:
wormsandgermsblog.com/2026/1…
Ontario Equine Disease Alert:
Equine Infectious Anemia in Tay Valley Township
More details, full list of Ontario Equine Disease alerts available here: oahn.ca/resources/ontario-eq…
#Equine #OntarioEquine #OntarioHorse #EquineVet #HorseVet
Ontario Animal Health Network retweeted
A new series of WormsAndGermsBlog posts about vaccination issues in dogs and cats.
Part 1: What do do with an animal that is overdue.
TLDR: Just vaccinate. While the approach has often been to 'restart the series' there's no immunological basis for that.
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Ontario Equine Disease Alert:
Equine Infectious Anemia in Perth East, ON
More details, full list of Ontario Equine Disease alerts available here: oahn.ca/resources/ontario-eq…
#Equine #OntarioEquine #OntarioHorse #EquineVet #HorseVet #PerthON
Ontario Animal Health Network retweeted
A newly revised Avian Influenza Dashboard for Canada has been released.
It brings together information that includes historical outbreaks, wild bird observations, poultry density, weather, wetland distribution, land-cover data, satellite imagery etc.: avianfludashboard.ca/dashboa…
ALT A portion of a map of Canada showing avian influenza outbreaks in the Prairie Provinces.
Ontario Animal Health Network retweeted
Ontario hunters can help monitor Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) by submitting samples from deer harvested in the 2026 surveillance areas.
Learn more about how you can help protect Ontario’s deer at news.ontario.ca/en/bulletin/…
ALT Two wildlife workers examining a deer-testing sample in a forest. Text reads “Help protect Ontario deer from Chronic Wasting Disease.”
Ontario Vets and RVTs
Last Chance to contribute to our Companion Animal clinical impressions survey.
Your responses help with disease surveillance, Need-2-Know reports, and research decisions.
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Closes Sep 21 AM
#VetMed #OntarioVets #OneHealth
Ontario Animal Health Network retweeted
Ontario Small Animal Vets and RVTs
Please tell us what you've seen in practice from May-Aug in our current Companion Animal Veterinary Survey
uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jf…
Survey closes Sep 18. Thanks to all of you that have already contributed.
#VetMed #OntarioVets #OneHealth
Ontario Animal Health Network retweeted
Animal disease threats can move fast. Information should too.
Ontario's Interactive Animal Pathogen Dashboards give veterinarians, industry and government near real-time insights to support faster disease response and preparedness.
🔗uoguelph.ca/alliance/impact/…
ALT A Black cow stands in a green pasture with a red barn in the distance. Text reads: From Slow Signals to Real-Time Defence: How Data is Transforming Disease Response in Ontario’s Livestock Sector
Ontario Small Animal Vets and RVTs
Please tell us what you've seen in practice from May-Aug in our current Companion Animal Veterinary Survey
uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jf…
Survey closes Sep 18. Thanks to all of you that have already contributed.
#VetMed #OntarioVets #OneHealth