COVID in mink in British Columbia, Lithuania, Denmark

ASF in Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Philippines and South Korea

HPAI H5N8 in South Korea, Japan, UK, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Spain

Whether you have two, 20, or 200 pigs in Ontario, it is important to be aware of the management and welfare requirements of the swine industry. Also of the traceability requirements for movement of animals between farms and to slaughter.

Even if this is not your first time raising pigs, you may still have questions about their feeding, management, health, government regulations or mandatory requirements for raising pigs in Ontario.Ontario Pork has complied a how-to-guide to help small scale producers or hobby farmers raising pigs in Ontario.

This guide is intended for those raising weaned pigs through growing and finishing to slaughter weight, but does not contain information on the management of sows, breeding or farrowing.

This resource manual will provide basic information about raising pigs safely and humanely. During development, multiple resources were referenced. Use this manual as a guide to understand how to:

• Raise healthy pigs responsibly and respectfully in accordance with government legislation;
• Economically produce high quality, safe pork products; and
• Effectively respond in emergency situations.

This manual covers all the elements of poultry production with the goal of helping the small flock owner keep their birds as healthy as possible. It covers areas including housing and management, basics of poultry diseases, disease prevention and control, and food safety. 

People who raise "backyard flocks" - poultry or gamebirds for personal or limited commercial purposes - should be aware of the risk to their birds, and to commercial poultry, from diseases such as avian influenza virus. Preventive measures taken to minimize the introduction and spread of diseases and other hazards are referred to as "biosecurity." The following simple, inexpensive biosecurity recommendations can be very effective in preventing a serious disease outbreak.

Six tips written by a swine veterinarian to help pet owners care for their miniature pig and keep them happy, safe, and healthy.

This resource manual is for small lot pork producers varying in size from individualsraising one pig for personal consumption, to those raising many pigs for the purpose ofgenerating income. It provides details on good husbandry practices, production economics,marketing, euthanasia, emergency management, and provincial and federal legislation.

Enterprise Budget Calculator for Smallholder and Commercial Pork Producers from BC Pork.  It is very thorough tool to calculate COP and also could be used as a teaching tool to draw awareness to small scale producers & those thinking of raising a few pigs that there are many expenses to take into consideration.

African Swine Fever in Germany and Romania,

Porcine epidemic diarrhea in Ontario,

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 in Japan, South Korea, Scotland, Netherlands, England and Denmark,

COVID 19 worldwide, SARS-CoV2 in mink in Greece

Tuberculosis in cattle in Germany

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Domestic and Wild Poultry in Europe and Asia, H5N5, H5N8, 

African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia

African Swine Fever, first detection in Malaysia, ongoing disease events in Asia and Europe

High Path Avian Influenza H5N8 causes human infections in Russia

Avian Influenza in Europe and Asia

H3N2 of Swine Origin in humans in Wisconsin, USA

Peste des petits ruminants in Thailand

Ebola virus in Guinea

Undiagnosed respiratory disease in Ontario dogs

Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Asia, Europe and Africa

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome in the United States

African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia

Brucellosis in caribou in Alaska

COVID19 in humans worldwide, mink in Poland and a dog in Bosnia

Classical Swine Fever in Japan

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Asia, Europe and Africa

African Swine Fever in China, new strains caused by illegal vaccine useage.

African Swine Fever in Germany, Russia and the Philippines

Lumpy Skin disease in Sri Lanka

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in India, China, South Korea, Sweden, Belgium, Czech Republic, Romania, UK, Germany, Ireland

Increase in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) cases in the US

High Path Avian Influenza in Europe and Asia

African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia

Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin

African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Europe and Asia

COVID worldwide in humans, COVID in Gorillas in US, COVID in Mink in British Columbia

HPAI H5N8 in humans in Russia

HPAI in Europe and Asia

ASF in Europe, Asia and Africa. First cases of ASF in Malaysia

EHV-1 in Quebec

Salmonella from pet turtles in the United States

Bovine Anaplasmosis in Ontario

African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia

HPAI in Europe, H9N2 in China

Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease in the US

Ebola in Africa 

Bovine tuberculosis in South Dakota

ASF in China and Europe

Undiagnosed swine mortalities in China

HPAI in wild and domestic birds in Europe; Human H5N6 in China

COVID in humans, cats and dogs worldwide

ASF in Asia and Europe

HPAI in Asia and Europe

Lumpy skin disease in Vietnam

COVID-19 in humans and animals worldwide 

ASF in Asia and Europe
HPAI in Asia and Europe
Bovine Tuberculosis in Michigan
EIA in Saskatchewan
Undiagnosed human neurological disease in New Brunswick
Undiagnosed swine disease in India
COVID-19 in humans and animals worldwide 

Bovine tuberculosis in South Dakota
ASF in China and Europe
Undiagnosed swine disease in China
HPAI in Europe, H5N6 in a human in China
COVID in humans, cats, dogs and mink

ASF in Europe and Asia

Undiagnosed encephalitis in bears in California

Classical Swine Fever in Brazil

COVID-19 in mink in Lithuania

LPAI in United States, HPAI in Africa

Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease in the US

Chronic wasting disease in the United States

Rotavirus in US horses

Lumpy Skin Disease in Thailand

HPAI in Asia, Europe and Africa

African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia

African Swine Fever in Asia and Europe

HPAI in Asia, Europe and Africa in domestic and wild birds

Influenza A in a human in the United States

SARS-CoV2 in otters in the United States

The Canadian Small-Scale Pig Farming Manual is designed for people who are interested in raising pigs on a small-scale basis. The objective of the Manual is to provide users with information in key areas to help raise pigs successfully and responsibly. The Manual builds on the experience of small-scale pig farmers who have learned by doing. 

Brochure made by BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Fisheries and BC Pork has been widely circulated throughout BC to draw awareness of the existence of resource materials, including the new Small Lot Pork Producer Management and Production manual and the Enterprise Budget Calculator for Small Lot & Commercial Pork Producers.

This manual is intended to be a resource that provides educational information for 4-H leaders and people who are interested in getting involved in raising livestock. It covers topics such as breeds, husbandry, nutrition, health, safety, and business.

This manual’s appendix includes a section that outlines topics and activities for 4-H meetings. The content included in this guide is meant to be a reference only. Readers who require additional information, specific regulations, or more details are asked to contact the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture Regional offices for assistance: https://novascotia.ca/agri/programs-and-services/regional-services/

ASF in swine in Europe and Asia

HPAI in wild and domestic birds in Europe and Asia

H9N2 in humans in Asia

Lumpy skin disease in Taiwan

COVID-19 in humans globally, and mink in Europe

Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease in Alberta

H1N1v and H1N2v in humans in Manitoba

PRRS in Nepal

African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia

HPAI in Europe

High Path Avian Influenza, HPAI in Asia and Africa

African Swine Fever in Asia

ASF in Europe and Asia

HPAI in Europe

SARS-CoV2 in mink in British Columbia

HPAI in Asia and Europe

ASF in Asia

Streptococcus zooepidemicus in North America

Chronic wasting disease in the US

ASF in Asia and Europe
HPAI in Europe and Asia
Glanders in horses in Nepal
Adenovirus in deer in the United States
CSF in Japan

LPAI H10N3 in a human in China
H1N1v in a human in the United States
HPAI in Europe, Asia and Africa
ASF in Asia and Europe
Lumpy skin disease in Asia

Information from MAPAQ for the new small scale pig producer, with information on animal health and welfare, regulation and recommendations on disease control in backyard or non-commercial breeding pigs.

Lumpy Skin Disease in Cambodia
Adenovirus in Deer in North America
African Swine Fever in Asia
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease in the US
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Europe and Asia

Influenza A in Canada
Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Canada
Monkeypox in the UK
HPAI in Europe

Lumpy Skin Disease in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Melioidosis in the US
African Swine Fever in Asia
HPAI in Asia and Africa

African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia
Anthrax in Canada
Bovine Tuberculosis in Hawaii
HPAI in Europe and Asia

Brucellosis in imported dogs in the UK
PRRS 1.4.4 in United States swine
Bovine tuberculosis in the United States
H1N1v in a human in Germany, H1N2v in Taiwan
Monkey pox in a human in Wales
ASF in Asia
HPAI in Europe, Asia and Africa
EHV-1 in Pennsylvania

Monkeypox in U.S. traveller
Herpes B virus in China
African Swine Fever in Europe, Asia
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Europe, Asia, Africa
Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome in North America
Influenza A H5N6 in China
Adenovirus in North America

The CAHSS August 2021 newsletter features updates from our regional, surveillance and CAHSS networks, highlights our new summer student Claire Su (FMV), and a few upcoming events in the fall 2021.

Bluetongue virus in bighorn sheep near Grand Forks, B.C.
African Swine Fever in the Asia, the Caribbean, and Europe
COVID-19 Worldwide update
Influenza A (H5N6) in China
Undiagnosed Avian Disease in the US
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Africa, Europe

Atypical BSE in Brazil
Nipah Virus in a child in India
African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia
HPAI in Europe and Africa
H9N2 in a human in China

Influenza A H1N2v in France and USA, H3N2v in USA
H5N6 in humans in China
Lumpy skin disease in Mongolia
Manych virus in Russia
African Swine Fever in Asia
HPAI in Europe, Asia and Africa

Anaplasmosis in a human in Ontario
African Swine Fever in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean
Chronic Wasting Disease in the US
RHD in Wisconsin
White Nose Syndrome in Washington State
HPAI in Europe and Asia
H5N6 in China

September 2021: Information and updates on Blackhead disease, Bluetongue Virus, Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, and more.

The Animal Health Monitor is a collaborative work by the professional staff at the Animal Health Centre. This newsletter includes articles about animal diseases occurring in the province, current issues in animal health, case reports, updates on the scope of diagnostic services, expertise, programs and support available at the Animal Health Centre, information about food safety, biosecurity and issues that are affecting or may affect local animal, human and environmental health.

The Animal Health Monitor is a collaborative work by the professional staff at the Animal Health Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Fisheries. This newsletter includes articles about animal diseases occurring in the province, current issues in animal health, case reports, updates on the scope of diagnostic services, expertise, programs and support available at the Animal Health Centre, information about food safety, biosecurity and issues that are affecting or may affect local animal, human and environmental health.

The September 2021 edition of AHM details information on blackhead disease in turkeys, bluetongue virus in California Bighorn sheep, and has a fact sheet on Mycoplasa Ovipnuemoniae, a disease that can affect both domestic and wild sheep and goats. 

African Swine Fever in the Caribbean, Asia and Europe
SARS-CoV2 in Deer, Hyenas, Humans and
Chronic Wasting Disease in Manitoba
HPAI in Europe and Asia
H5N6 in Humans in China
H1N1v and H2N3v in humans in the United States

African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia
Suspected CJD in Brazil
Unknown disease in Pakistan
Bovine Brucellosis in France
HPAI in Europe and Asia
PRRS in North America

Tuberculosis in Nunavut
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea in Manitoba
Streptococcus suis in Western Canada
African swine fever in Europe and Asia
HPAI in Europe, Asia and Africa
LPAI in the United States

HPAI in Europe, Asia
African Swine Fever in Europe
Chronic Wasting Disease in Saskatchewan
H5N6 in China
Jamestown Canyon Virus in the United States

Atypical BSE in an Alberta beef cow
ASF in Europe and Asia
Influenza A H5N6 in humans in China
Undiagnosed respiratory illness in Ohio
HPAI in Europe and Asia

Poultry Industry Council (PIC)'s Biosecurity page provides general resources of avian influenza (AI):

1. What you need to know about high path avian influenza

2. Prevention and recognition for avian influenza

3. Tracking avian influenza in wildlife and reservoirs 

Available in English only.

Ontario Animal Health Network (OAHN)'s Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Resources 2022 page. This page is updated frequently with information on:

• Feather board command centre advisories
• Upcoming events and updates
• Recordings of past events and updates 
• News
• Resources

To read the full manual, please visit link here: https://cahss.ca/cahss-tools/document-library/Small-Lot-Pork-Producer-Management-and-Production

This resource manual will provide basic information about raising pigs safely and humanely. During development, multiple resources were referenced. Use this manual as a guide to understand how to:

• Raise healthy pigs responsibly and respectfully in accordance with government legislation;
• Economically produce high quality, safe pork products; and
• Effectively respond in emergency situations.

Section 3: Production Economics provides a step by step description of how to use the Calculator Program.  

Established by the President of the Royal Society of Canada in April 2020, the RSC Task Force on COVID-19 was mandated to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery from COVID-19. 

The Task Force established a series of Working Groups to rapidly develop Policy Briefings, with the objective of supporting policy makers with evidence to inform their decisions. 

Overview of “Strengthening a One Health Approach to Emerging Zoonoses”

Given the enormous global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, greatly exacerbated by the intra-pandemic emergence of novel variants of concern (VOCs), and multiple, ongoing outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Canada (Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 2022), there is a pressing need for a deeper understanding of the interface where humans and other animals interact in their shared environment, and the intersecting biological, ecological, and socioecological factors contributing to the emergence, spread, and impact of zoonotic diseases.

Authors of the Report

John Amuasi, Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Public Health, Head, Department of Global health, Ghana

Arinjay Banerjee, Research Scientist and Principal Investigator, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), University of Saskatchewan

Hélène Carabin, Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology and One Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and School of Public Health, Université de Montréal

Joe Copper Jack, Indigenous Knowledge Holder, Yukon First Nation Elder, Land Relationship Planner; Senior Land and Policy Coordinator, Yukon Land Use Planning Council

Claire Jardine, Associate Professor and Regional Director, Canadian Wildlife Cooperative for Ontario and Nunavut; Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph

Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Professor, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Biology, and Director, Białowieża Geobotanical Station

Greg Keefe, President and Vice-Chancellor (Interim), Dean Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island

Susan Kutz, Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Arctic One Health: Healthy Animals Healthy Communities. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary

Deborah McGregor (Anishinabe), Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at York University

Samira Mubareka (Chair), Clinician Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto

Lily Nicholson, MSc Student, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London

Katarzyna Nowak, Assistant Professor, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Biology, Białowieża Geobotanical Station

Jane Parmley, Associate Professor, Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph

Brad Pickering, Head, Special Pathogens, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease

Maureen G. Reed, Distinguished Professor, UNESCO Chair in Biocultural Diversity, Sustainability, Reconciliation and Renewal, University of Saskatchewan

Johanne Saint-Charles, Full Professor, Communication sociale et publique and Director Institut Santé et société, Université du Québec à Montréal

Katarzyna Simonienko, Psychiatrist, Forest Therapy Center, Allenort Psychiatric Clinic, Bialystok, Poland

Trevor Smith, Deputy Director & Senior Program Manager, Biological & Chemical Security, UNSCR 1540 Implementation, Global Affairs Canada

J. Scott Weese, Professor, Ontario Veterinary College; Director, University of Guelph Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses

For further information or for media requests, contact Erika Kujawski at ekujawski@rsc-src.ca. 

Report on the epidemiology of equine piroplasmosis in the United Sates for 2021. 

Summary: There were 35,493 domestic U.S. horses tested for EP from January to December 2021 and a total of 36 new T. equi-infected horses identified in 7 states. Thirty-one of these horses were Quarter Horse racehorses with iatrogenic transmission involved in the epidemiology of the infection and 5 horses  were suspected or confirmed to have been illegally moved from Mexico. Fifteen of the 36 EP-positive horses were found to be dual infected with equine infectious anemia.

Infographic that discusses the importance about being wise with antibiotic use in horses to prevent antibiotic resistance. Common problems include runny noses and coughs, and most common problems do not need antibiotics.

Burkholderia pseudomallei in the USA

Salmonellosis in Alberta 

White nose syndrome in Saskatchewan

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North America, Europe, and Asia          

Monkeypox Worldwide                                                    

Foot and Mouth Disease in Indonesia

Influenza A H3N2v in West Virginia
HPAI in North American, Europe, and Asia,
Anthrax in Canada
West Nile Virus in Canada
Monkeypox Worldwide
Japanese Encephalitis in Australia
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease in the US

The Animal Health Monitor is a collaborative work by the professional staff at the Animal Health Centre. This newsletter includes articles about animal diseases occurring in the province, current issues in animal health, case reports, updates on the scope of diagnostic services, expertise, programs and support available at the Animal Health Centre, information about food safety, biosecurity and issues that are affecting or may affect local animal, human and environmental health.

The newsletter includes some of the following topics:

• Premises ID Registration To Become Mandatory in BC
• Post Mortem Neurological Examination
• Renal Tubulonephritis with Microabscessation in a 3 day old Veal Calf
• Pulmonary Nodules with Hilar Lymphadenomegaly in a 14 year old Thoroughbred Gelding
• Bovine Viral Diarrhea Mucosal Disease in Two Breeding Age Dairy Heifers
• Floods: Spoiled Feed Management
• B.C.’s response to floods and mudslides
• Disease Risks for Dairy Cattle Exposed to Flood Waters 

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North America, Europe and Africa
Influenza A (H10N3) in China
Afican Swine Fever in Asia
Monkeypox Worlwide

Ontario Animal Health Network (OAHN) Companion Animal Expert Network Veterinary Need-2-Know (N2K) Update, July to September 2022 edition.

Highlights from this issue:

• OAHN survey: CIRDC, parvovirus
• Imported dog distemper, titres study
• RHDV2 surveillance study
• Rabies update, avian flu order
• Pet pig, monkeypox resources for vets

Antibiotics are a cornerstone of modern medicine. These medicines are the only way to treat a bacterial disease; there is no alternative. Their importance to human and animal health cannot be understated, which is why the animal health sector recognizes antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a significant global threat.

Six years on from the United Nations Political Declaration, this report analyzes global data to understand how efforts are progressing to better understand and tackle AMR.

RAIZO’s swine network quarterly report covers items of note from June to September 2022. Topics covered are Brachyspira hampsonii – state of play, avian influenza – and the pigs in all of this, and Clostridium novyi infection – Carcasses that swell too quickly.

Available in French only.

RAIZO’s avian network quarterly report covers items of note from June to August 2022. Subjects include infectious bronchitis, coccidiosis, necrotic enteritis, and Enterococcus cecorum infection.

Available in French only.

Newly updated poster for Finfish Health Tracker Tool, a community science program made in partnership with CAHSS, CFIA and CWHC.

This newly launched mobile and desktop app allows anglers and others that spend time outdoors to report normal and abnormal fish sightings. This community science program can:

•  Add important data on fish sightings from across Canada
•  Provide important information about fish health 
•  Increase our understanding of fish species and where they are found across Canada