Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Outbreak”
Finding a dead cow on a farm is very alarming. A farmer needs to know why, because there are many causes that result in a cow dying. In this particular case, a call to the veterinarian and some diagnostic tests determined that the cow had anaplasmosis. Anaplasmosis is a bacterial infection of concern to cattle producers because they might lose …
Imagine walking into a rabbitry one day and noticing multiple rabbits dead with nothing other than a little bit of blood on their nose. A highly contagious foreign animal disease by the name of rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHD) is on the rise nationally, and is causing many rabbit farmers and owners to fear for their stock and pets. While it …
Picture this: a typical hot, sunny and dry summer morning on a Texas cattle ranch. A rancher heads out to check on the herd and finds a dead cow. The cow seemed healthy a day or two ago. However, considering the cow’s death was sudden and the ranch is located in the “anthrax belt”, the rancher immediately calls a veterinarian …
What do you do when an uncontrolled virus is rapidly sweeping the world’s largest pork producer, killing millions of pigs? Furthermore, how do you make people who are removed from the problem care about it? China is currently trying to answer these questions as they experience an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak, a huge threat to national and international biosecurity. …
