The Ontario Animal Health Network (OAHN) has had a busy start to the winter, creating new projects, resources and reports for veterinarians, animal owners, and industry. The OAHN Companion Animal Network has put together a new info sheet on parvovirus, the Wildlife Network has completed a project on botulism test development, and the Aquatics Network is hosting an Indigenous Fish Health Day.

Need-2-Know: Parvovirus for dog owners

The OAHN Companion Animal Network created a new factsheet for dog owners on parvovirus, in response to an increase in cases in Ontario. It is a high-level factsheet for dog owners and community members in high-risk areas and scenarios to help raise awareness about canine parvovirus, how serious it can be, and basic prevention and control measures, with emphasis on the importance of vaccination. https://www.oahn.ca/resources/parvovirus-dog-owners/ [1]

OAHN Wildlife Project: Botulism Test Development

Drs. Claire Jardine (OVC), Alex Reid (OMAFA), and Durda Slavic led this OAHN-funded project to develop a PCR-based detection assay for the 6 C. botulinum toxin types A, B, C, D, E, and F. The development of this test by the AHL has filled an important gap, providing a PCR-based detection assay for botulism toxin genes that is now commercially available for veterinarians across Canada. Learn more here: https://www.oahn.ca/resources/oahn-wildlife-project-botulism-test-development/ [2]

Indigenous Fish Health Day

The Ontario Animal Health Network for Aquatic animals will present information and answer questions in a non-regulatory, open discussion format. OAHN is dedicated to information dissemination and knowledge transfer.

Non-Ontario residents are welcome, but we will be focused on freshwater finfish. Read more and register here: https://www.oahn.ca/resources/indigenous-fish-health-day/ [3]

New Reports

Most OAHN networks create reports once per quarter. To view any of the veterinary reports below, please click on the link for each report, or go to OAHN.ca [4] and navigate to the species in which you are interested.

Companion Animal Network - https://www.oahn.ca/reports/veterinary-need-2-know-n2k-update-sep-dec-2024/ [5]

• OAHN winter survey and lab data: Key results
• H5N1 avian influenza on the rise: More cows, more cats, raw milk / meat risks
• Rabies update
• Hepatozoon canis in a dog: Eastern ON
• FIP drugs update
• GI antimicrobial use guidelines published
• Small flock sheep and goat course for vets
• RHD update webinar

 

Equine Network - https://www.oahn.ca/reports/equine-veterinary-report-q3-2024/ [6]

• BITS ‘N SNIPS (or “things we talked about on the network call”)
• Network member reports
• Syndromic and lab surveillance dashboard
• Equine research
• ResearchONequine

 

Small Ruminant Network -https://www.oahn.ca/reports/small-ruminant-veterinary-2024-apr-sep-review/ [7]

• Q2 & Q3 2024 Animal Health Laboratory case data
• Provincial slaughter & condemnation data
• HPAI in U.S. livestock update
• Small flock sheep and goat course for veterinarians & veterinary professionals
  
   

Swine Network - https://www.oahn.ca/reports/swine-veterinary-report-q3-2024/ [8]

• H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) detected in a smallholder swine farm in Oregon U.S.A.
• Update on H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza In U.S.A dairy cattle and in U.S. and Canadian poultry flocks
• Influenza A (IAV) - H3N2 clade 2010.1 detected for the first time in Quebec swine
• Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV)/ Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV)
• Salmonella
• OAHN veterinary clinical impression survey veterinary comments
• Laboratory diagnostic reports
• Ontario slaughter statistics
• CanSpotASF surveillance update
• OAHN project update: Porcine hemagglutinating and encephalomyelitis virus (PHEV)
• International disease topics of interest summary

 

Poultry Network - https://www.oahn.ca/reports/oahn-poultry-expert-network-quarterly-veterinary-report-q4-2024/ [9]

• Poultry veterinary survey highlights – Q4 2024
• Research