In this issue:
AHL Guelph Specimen Reception update - holiday hours [2]
OAHN update - December 2020 [4]
Staff highlights - Veterinary career paths: what do we know? [5]
Ruminants
Abortion and calf septicemia associated with Salmonella Dublin infection in a Holstein herd [6]
Swine
CanSpot ASF surveillance testing - reminder for swine veterinarians [8]
Detection of Brachyspira hampsonii genomovar I in Ontario [9]
OAHN swine small-scale herd postmortem project continues [10]
Avian/fur/exotic
Necrotic enteritis in broiler breeder chickens associated with Ascaridia galli [11]
Lactococcosis in farmed rainbow trout [12]
Equine
Yew (Taxus spp.) toxicosis with reference to horses [13]
Papulaspora equi, a rare cause of fungal keratitis [14]
Companion animals
Pasteurella spp. infections of the lower respiratory tract in dogs and cats [15]
Extramedullary gastric plasmacytoma in a dog [16]
AHL Newsletter
December 2020 - Volume 24, Number 4 ISSN 1481-7179
Editor: Maria Spinato, DVM, DVSc, MBA, Diplomate ACVP
Editorial Assistants: Helen Oliver, Kate Artuso
The AHL Newsletter is published quarterly (March, June, September, December) by the Animal Health Laboratory, Laboratory Services Division, University of Guelph. Its mission is to inform AHL clients and partners about AHL current activities, and laboratory-based animal disease events and disease trends. All material is copyright 2020. Ideas and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the University or the Editor.
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