Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Stephen C. Barr, BVSc, MVS, PhD, DACVIM
These tick-borne diseases of dogs and cats cause vasculitis leading to multisystemic dysfunction often characterized by thrombocytopenia and hyperglobulinemia.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Stephen C. Barr, BVSc, MVS, PhD, DACVIM
This systemic bacterial infection of dogs (and very rarely, cats) causes mainly acute nephritis and hepatitis, vasculitis, and chronic carrier states.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Stephen C. Barr, BVSc, MVS, PhD, DACVIM
Cryptococcus neoformans is a saprophytic round yeast-like fungus with the ability to form a heteropolysaccharide capsule in tissues.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Catherine Mullin, VMD, MS
Animal shelters create a unique environment for the emergence and propagation of infectious diseases.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Stephen C. Barr, BVSc, MVS, PhD, DACVIM
In the USA, caused by spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi – it is the most common tick-transmitted zoonotic diseases in North America.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
 March 1, 2009
A new species of Bartonella, Candidatus Bartonella melophagi, that has only recently been identified in sheep has now also been isolated in two women, which adds to the increasing number of Bartonella species that have been found in people in the past 10 years.
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Source: ELSEVIER
 March 1, 2009
By:Emily Beeler, DVM
For the first time in history, influenza viruses have been documented as the cause of natural outbreaks of illness in dogs and cats.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 January 8, 2009
Baton Rouge, La. -- A barn at the New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course was placed under quarantine Dec. 26 after two horses tested positive for the equine herpes virus (EHV-1).
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