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Italy: Lyssavirus detected in a cat in Arezzo

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Italian officials are reporting a cat tested positive for Lyssavirus in the municipality of Arezzo. Lyssavirus is closely related to the rabies virus. The cat’s...

Wisconsin: Two deer at Trempealeau County hunting ranch test positive for Chronic Wasting Disease

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The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that two deer at a Trempealeau County hunting ranch have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). Results were confirmed...

White-Nose Syndrome reported in dead bats in North Dakota

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Little brown bats found dead in western North Dakota died of white-nose syndrome. In early May, the Southwest District Health Unit in Dickinson contacted the North Dakota Game and Fish Department with...

Australia: Ehrlichiosis infects several dogs in Kimberley region

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Chief Veterinary Officer for the  Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment in Australia, Dr Mark Schipp has reported six cases of the tick-borne illness,...

Australia: Hendra virus confirmed in New South Wales horse

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in New South Wales (NSW) are reporting the first case of Hendra virus infection in NSW this year in a 17-year-old unvaccinated thoroughbred horse on a property...

Fechavirus, a new cat virus, cause of 2018 outbreak of feline diarrhea and vomiting

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A new feline virus called fechavirus was discovered to be the cause of a outbreak of feline diarrhea and vomiting at the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA)  in...

Russia COVID-19 update, 1st case reported in a cat

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Country update The Russian Ministry of Health has reported through May 26, 362,342 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 3,807 deaths. Some 131,000 people have recovered...

Vesicular stomatitis confirmed on more Texas premises

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Texas animal health officials reported receiving four new reports of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) in equine and cattle– Hudspeth County, Kerr County, ...

Texas: Additional Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease confirmations reported

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has received two new confirmations of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) in domestic rabbits in the past week. The...

Cats, COVID-19 transmission and what should pet owners do?

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In a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in the U.S. and Japan report that in the laboratory, cats can readily become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that...