CAHFS Connection - September 2026

  • CAHFS Update: Turlock lab has moved!
  • Avian: Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT), trichomoniasis and avian pox; Oral squamous cell carcinoma.
  • Equine: Colonic torsion.
  • Lagomorph: Tularemia.
  • Pigs/Porcine: Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSV.
  • Small Ruminants: Caprine-arthritis-encephalitis (CAE) pneumonia.

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CAHFS Connection - August 2026

  • CAHFS Update: Turlock lab has moved!
  • Aquatic: Fin rot.
  • Avian: Trichomoniasis; Renal carcinoma and bacterial nephritis.
  • Bovine: Bronchopneumonia and ventricular septal defect (VSD).
  • Lagomorph: Rabbit hemorrhagic disease.
  • Pigs/Porcine: Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-induced pleuropneumonia.
  • Small Ruminants: Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) intoxication; Thymoma.

CAHFS Connection - July 2026

  • CAHFS Update: CAHFS Turlock is Moving!
  • General: New World Screwworm.
  • Aquatic: Egg bound.
  • Avian: Cecal coccidiosis.
  • Bovine: Tritrichomonas foetus.
  • Equine: Rupture of the external iliac artery.
  • Porcine: Congenital ventricular septal defect leading to severe cardiac dilation.
  • Small Ruminant: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pneumonia
  • Other: Spinal nerve axonal degeneration and C1 fracture

CAHFS Connection - June 2026

  • Avian: Articular and visceral gout; Tumor and mycotic proventriculitis.
  • Bovine: Mycoplasma bovis; Navel ill and polyarthritis.
  • Equine: Demodicosis; Cervical fracture.
  • Small Ruminant: Mammary gland squamous cell carcinoma; Degenerative joint disease (DJD) and uterine adenocarcinoma.
  • Other: Cestodiasis with associated hepatic and metastatic sarcoma, and Filobacterium rodentium (formerly known as CAR bacillus) pneumonia.

CAHFS Connection - May 2026

  • Special Announcements: Welcome Drs. Bischoff, Navarro, Tsai, and Olivares.
  • Avian: Systemic salmonellosis; Staphylococcosis.
  • Bovine: Vetch-associated disease; Trueperella pyogenes abortion.
  • Equine: Bilateral ocular melanoma.
  • Porcine: Concurrent porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and porcine circovirosis.
  • Small Ruminant: Copper Toxiosis
  • Wildlife: Verminous pneumonia and nasal bots.

CAHFS Connection - April 2026

  • General: New world screw worm (NWSW).
  • Avian: Teratoma; Avian mycobacteriosis.
  • Bovine: Epizootic Bovine Abortion (EBA); Bacterial pneumonia infection.
  • Equine: Chronic selenosis; Choledocholithiasis led to chronic cholangiohepatits.
  • Small Ruminant: Campylobacter jejuni abortion

CAHFS Connection - March 2026

  • Avian: Gangrenous dermatitis due to Clostridium septicum; Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).
  • Bovine: Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDv); Pseudomonas aeruginosa systemic infection; Bacterial kidney infection
  • Equine: Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
  • Porcine: An umbilical hernia.
  • Small Ruminant: Johne's disease; Selenium deficiency

CAHFS Connection - February 2026

  • Avian: Intestinal coccidiosis and Marek’s Disease; Fungal tracheitis.
  • Bovine: Bluetongue virus (BTV); Severe gastrointestinal parasitism and copper and selenium deficiency.
  • Equine: Septicemia and cyathostomiasis; Cranial nuchal bursitis (“poll evil”).
  • Small Ruminant: Cache valley fever virus (CVFV) induced fetal deformities; Abortion in ewes and does caused by Campylobacter jejuni.
  • Wildlife: Feline parvovirus

CAHFS Connection - January 2026

  • Avian: Salmonella Enteritidis (SE); Acute fowl cholera; Intestinal blockage secondary to severe tapeworm infection
  • Bovine: Choke and salmonellosis Mycoplasma bovis infection within the atlanto-occipital joint
  • Camelid: Disseminated coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever)
  • Equine: Lymphoma; Cirrhosis due to pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) toxicosis
  • Small Ruminant: Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV)
  • Wildlife: Bromethalin toxicosis

CAHFS Connection - December 2025

  • Avian: Infectious coryza; Proventricular adenocarcinoma
  • Bovine: Q fever; Listeria spp. encephalitis
  • Equine: White muscle disease; Herpesvirus pneumonia and systemic infection
  • Porcine: Polyserositis
  • Small Ruminant: Neospora caninum; Coccidioidomycosis and hepatic carcinoma
  • Wildlife: Avian orthoreovirus