CAHFS Connection - December 2024

  • Avian: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI); West Nile virus (WNV) infection
  • Bovine: Fusobacterium necrophorum hepatic abscesses; Blackleg; Ureaplasma diversum; Actinomyces bovisosteomyelitis and jejunal hematoma
  • Equine: Pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA)-induced chronic hepatopathy
  • Pigs: Discospondylitis and vertebral body osteomyelitis
  • Small Ruminant: Caprine arthritis and encephalitis virus (CAEV) interstitial pneumonia 

Holiday Schedule:  Please see attached newsletter for details on CAHFS laboratories’ closures in observance of the Winter Holiday and New Years’ Holiday.

CAHFS Connection January 2024

  • General information for the new year
  • Bovine− Bacterial pleuropneumonia; Blackleg
  • Avian− Clostridium septicum
  • Small ruminants− Salmonella Typhimurium and Cryptosporidium spp.
  • Equine− Large colon torsion
  • Lagomorph− Myxomatosis
  • Wildlife− Type C botulism in Mallard duck