The 86th OIE General Session was the occasion to give OIE Member Countries, an overview of the global animal health situation, as well as to analyse trends in the evolution of priority terrestrial and...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has detected virulent Newcastle disease in a small flock of backyard exhibition chickens in Los Angeles County. The detection has been confirmed...

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) has confirmed the second positive rabies case in Southwest Nebraska for the year. The rabies exposure is with a horse in Chase County. “Rabies in...

Since March, twenty-two Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) outbreaks involving at least 200 horses, predominantly sport horses like Thoroughbreds and Trotters have been reported in France, in the Great West ,...

New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has, for the first time, detected prions responsible for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in samples taken from sites where deer congregate. Scientists...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) did not cross the species barrier to infect cynomolgus macaque monkeys during a lengthy investigation by National Institutes of Health scientists exploring risks to humans. CWD...

A new prion disease has been discovered in dromedaries in the Ouargla region of Algeria. The study is the result of an international collaboration conducted by a team of researchers from the Department...

Last year, experts with the University of Alberta warned of a dangerous tapeworm found in at least five people in recent years (Listen to the interview below). The parasite is called Echinococcus multilocularis...

Since the fungal disease, White Nose Syndrome (WNS), was first documented in New Hampshire in 2009, little brown bats and other types have taken a huge hit and a recent winter bat survey reflects this...

New Mexico health officials are reporting the first case of plague in the state this year in a dog from Santa Fe County. An environmental investigation will take place at the dog owner’s home to...