CAHFS Connection - June 2026

• May 26, 2026

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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

• May 1, 2026

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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

• April 1, 2026

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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

• March 1, 2026

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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

• February 1, 2026

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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

• December 29, 2025

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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

• December 1, 2025

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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

CAHFS Connection - November 2025

• November 1, 2025

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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

CAHFS Connection - October 2025

• October 1, 2025

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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

CAHFS Connection - September 2025

• September 1, 2025

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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.

CAHFS Connection - August 2025

• August 1, 2025

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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.

CAHFS Connection - July 2025

• July 1, 2025

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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

CAHFS Connection - June 2025

• June 1, 2025

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• 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.

CAHFS Connection - May 2025

• May 1, 2025

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• Avian: Mycobacteriosis and coccidiosis; Diptheritic (wet) fowl pox.
• Bovine: Pneumonia; Pine needle abortion.
• Equine: Aortic rupture; Luteinized ovarian cyst/anovulatory hemorrhagic cyst.
• Small Ruminant: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis enteritis
• Wildlife: Sarcocystis sp.-associated encephalitis

Holiday Schedule: Please see newsletter for details on the Memorial Day holiday schedule.

CAHFS Connection - April 2025

• April 1, 2025

• CAHFS Connection Newsletters

• Avian: A perforating foreign body in the crop; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
• Bovine: Listeria monocytogenes; Clostridium perfringens type C enteritis
• Equine: Equine herpes virus type 1 (EHV-1) infection
• Pigs: Swine erysipelas
• Small Ruminant: Type D enterotoxemia; Campylobacter jejuni

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