We know a lot more about the situation with H5N1 influenza in dairy cattle than we did a couple of weeks ago, thanks to ongoing research and (more importantly) better disclosure of information th...
Dairy cows produce a lot of milk. That’s great when you’re producing it for sale. It’s not great when you have to get rid of it. It’s clear that this H5N1 flu virus has an affinity for th...
When we talk about “worms” in dogs or cats, we’re usually talking about parasites that can infect pets or (less commonly) that harbour other pathogens. However, there are also certain worms...
As H5N1 avian flu continues to infect dairy cattle in the US, and because we still don’t really understand some important aspects of how it’s being spread on and between dairy farms, question...
While details about the ongoing H5N1 influenza outbreak in dairy cattle in the US have been really sparse, a new pre-print about the early H5N1 cases in Texas dairy herds posted on bioRxiv earlie...
This is less of a content update and more of a “here’s what I really want to know,” but it’s still an update, I guess. It’s a bit hard to say where we currently stand with this problem,...
In case you need a break from all the discussion about H5N1 influenza and the multitude of species it now seems to be able to infect, there’s nothing like a good zoonotic parasite story to make...
https://www.wormsandgermsblog.com/2024/04/articles/animals/other-animals/unnerving-diaper-discovery/
There’s not a lot new to report since last week about the finding of H5N1 influenza in dairy herds in multiple US states (see map below). That’s often a good sign. The investigation is focusi...
As with any emerging disease, we have more questions than answers, but we can make some interim assessments based on general principles of infection control, and what we’ve learned over the pas...
There’s been a lot of concern about the recent identification of H5N1 avian flu in cattle in the US, along with a single human infection in a person working with infected cattle. Some of the co...