OAHN Update – March 2023

Mike Deane, Tanya Rossi

Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.

This winter, OAHN was happy to host its annual meeting, bringing together all of our networks to share their successes from the past year, and discuss plans for the year ahead. We had an informative and interesting plenary session on vector-borne disease surveillance in a changing world, presented by Dr. Katie Clow and Ms. Valentina Rodriguez.  It was an illuminating experience to see what the OAHN networks have accomplished during the past year, and we are looking forward to an even more productive 2023.  To view any of our network reports and research projects, go to OAHN.ca [1] and navigate to the species of interest.

New Resources

• OAHN Poultry Project: Developing a response plan for effective infectious laryngotracheitis outbreak management in Ontario [2]
• Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Surveillance Project [3]
• OAHN Wildlife Project: Identifying changes in Leptospira interrogans prevalence and serovars in wildlife in Ontario [4]
• Infographic: Information sources for smallholder swine producers and pet pig owners [5]
• Aquatic Network Research Project: Biosecurity for aquatic animal facilities – content development for a website and workshop, thinkific platform and booklet [6]

Video: Need to Know: Rabies in Pets

The OAHN Companion Animal Network, in conjunction with Tivoli Films, created an interesting, fact-filled whiteboard video illustrating rabies and the process of importing dogs from other countries.  A must-watch for anyone wondering how rabies works, and why there are import requirements for dogs entering Canada.

Check out the video and many rabies resources here: https://www.oahn.ca/resources/video-need-to-know-rabies-in-pets/ [7]

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.

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