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CAHFS Connection - August 2026

  • by Lucy Gomes
  • July 28, 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.

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CAHFS Connection - July 2026

  • July 1, 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

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CAHFS Connection - June 2026

  • June 1, 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.

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CAHFS Connection - May 2026

  • May 1, 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.

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CAHFS Connection - April 2026

  • April 1, 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

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CAHFS Connection - March 2026

  • March 1, 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

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CAHFS Connection - February 2026

  • February 1, 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

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CAHFS Connection - January 2026

  • December 29, 2025
  • 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

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CAHFS Connection - December 2025

  • December 1, 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

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CAHFS Connection - November 2025

  • November 1, 2025
  • Avian: Predation; Systemic amyloidosis and colibacillosis
  • Bovine: Tetralogy of Fallot and microphthalmos; Leptospira pomona
  • Equine: Hemangiosarcoma; Chronic dermatitis
  • Porcine: Mulberry heart disease
  • Small Ruminant: Tremetone toxicosis; Gastric squamous cell carcinoma; Cervical stenosis and spinal cord compression
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CAHFS Connection - October 2025

  • October 1, 2025
  • Aquatic: Carp edema virus disease
  • Avian: Carcinomatosis; Goiter
  • Bovine: Sulfur/sulfate toxicosis; Salmonella group D1 septicemia
  • Equine: Sand impaction causing colon rupture and peritonitis; Right dorsal displacement (RDD) of the colon
  • Lagomorph: Intestinal coccidiosis
  • Small Ruminant: Copper toxicosis
  • Wildlife: Blunt trauma, anticoagulant rodenticide toxicosis, and Sarcoptic mange
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CAHFS Connection - September 2025

  • September 1, 2025
  • General: Blue Pigs: Diphacinone
  • Avian: Coccidiosis.
  • Bovine: Bovine leukemia virus- associated lymphoma; Leptospira sp. infection.
  • Equine: Cantharidin toxicosis; Cervical vertebral compressive myelopathy.
  • Porcine: Viral pneumonia.
  • Small Ruminant: Chronic congestive heart failure secondary to congenital defects; Bibersteinia trehalosis septicemia.
Holiday Schedule: Please see newsletter for details on the Labor Day holiday schedule.
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CAHFS Connection - August 2025

  • August 1, 2025
  • Avian: Necrotic enteritis.
  • Bovine: Klebsiella pneumoniae septicemia.
  • Equine: Oleander toxicosis.
  • Porcine: Porcine circovirus-associated disease, porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS), swine influenza (SI), and bacterial bronchopneumonia.
  • Small Ruminant: Clostridium perfringens type D enterotoxemia and aspiration pneumonia; Clostridial enterotoxemia type D.
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CAHFS Connection - July 2025

  • July 1, 2025
  • Avian: Hemorrhagic liver syndrome; Verminous ventriculitis.
  • Bovine: Shipping fever pneumonia; Hairy vetch toxicosis-like disease, combined with moderate to severe copper and selenium deficiency.
  • Equine: Strangles with secondary infarctive purpura hemorrhagica.
  • Porcine: Otitis leading to meningitis and endocarditis and pneumonia.
  • Small Ruminant: Goiter; Abomasal parasitism.
  • Aquatic Species: Swim bladder disease and septicemia
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CAHFS Connection - June 2025

  • June 1, 2025
  • Avian: Histomoniasis, colibacillosis, sinusitis and tracheitis; Valvular endocarditis.
  • Bovine: Vaccine reaction; Blackleg and pneumonia.
  • Equine: Colonic rupture.
  • Lagomorph: Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2)
  • Small Ruminant: Caseous lymphadenitis and abomasal parasitism Clostridium perfringens type D enterotoxemia.
  • Wildlife: Sarcocystis sp.-associated encephalitis
Holiday Schedule: Please see newsletter for details on the Juneteenth holiday schedule.
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