OAHN update – September 2023

This summer, the OAHN networks completed several research projects, held multiple species-specific meetings, and created new resources for vets and animal owners.  Read on to find out what new communications and resources are now available.  To view any of our network reports and research projects, go to OAHN.ca and navigate to the species you are interested in.  Free memberships are available to veterinarians, students, researchers, and veterinary technicians.

New Resources and Completed Research Projects:

• Infographic: Ticks and Lyme disease in Ontario – 2023 UPDATE
• OAHN equine podcast: Exposure of Ontario broodmares to the parasites Neospora caninum and Neospora hughesi
• OAHN bovine podcast: Johne’s disease control on Ontario dairy farms with Dr. Jamie Imada
• OAHN equine project: Equine network webinar series
• OAHN equine network research project: Neorickettsia risticii in Ontario: Identifying emerging strains, their diagnosis and environmental risk factors for disease development
• Wildfires and emergency management resources
• VIDEO: Trace mineral status in Ontario beef herds

Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Surveillance Project

The OAHN wildlife and companion animal networks have received approval for a joint project to provide subsidized testing for cases in deceased domestic rabbits that meet certain high-risk criteria for RHD, as well as testing for high-risk cases from rehabilitation facilities.  This surveillance project is currently underway and open to rabbit submissions from veterinarians and wildlife rehabbers.  Watch oahn.ca and OAHN social media for more details.  If you have a question about a potential RHD case during regular business hours, please contact Dr. Alexandra Reid, co-lead of the OAHN wildlife network, at alexandra.reid@ontario.ca, or the OMAFRA AICC at 877-424-1300.  Learn more about this project here: https://www.oahn.ca/resources/rhdv-project/

New Reports

Most OAHN networks create reports once per quarter.  To view any of the veterinary reports below, please click on the OAHN icon for each network, or go to OAHN.ca and navigate to the species in which you are interested.