Infectious Diseases & Epidemiology

Canine parvo and feline panleukopenia are closely related viruses that replicate in rapidly dividing cells.

Neonatal septicemia is the most important non-diarrheal disease of calves.

National Report -- Tests confirm that pigs at the recent Minnesota State Fair were infected with H1N1 influenza virus. They are the first swine in the country to be found with the 2009 pandemic virus.

Davis, Calif. -- Researchers at the University of California-Davis College of Veterinary Medicine studying data from previous avian influenza epidemics say seniors are more resistant to the new H1N1 virus, and they know why.

Of the currently marketed feline vaccines, those against rabies and feline leukemia virus (FeLV) have been most commonly implicated in sarcoma development.

Gone are the days when we can say cats and dogs don't get the flu.

Dr. Bud Stuart shares his experience with a rabid patient. Share your experiences and comments.

National Report -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, concerned about a perceived drop in swine disease samples from pork producers, is urging veterinarians to continue monitoring herds for a variety of diseases, including the H1N1 influenza virus.

The number of rabies-infected cats was almost four times that of dogs in 2008.

Anderson, Ind. -- A suspected contagious infection in two Thoroughbred racehorses resulted in the quarantine of those two and 57 other horses at Anderson's Hoosier Park racetrack north of Indianapolis.

Roseland, N.J. -- Veterinarians can help fight rabies in Africa between now and the end of the year through a special program backed by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health.

An equine practitioner from Queensland, Australia, has died after contracting the Hendra virus from a horse.

Reference list for ClinQuiz: Increase your zoonotic parasite prowess

On September 28, people around the globe will unite to recognize World Rabies Day with the goal of one day wiping rabies off the face of the earth.

National Report -- Of 35 equine cases of West Nile virus (WNV) reported nationwide so far this season, 20 are in Washington state.

Seventeen states have reported 140 cases of Eastern equine encephalitis so far this season.

Manhattan, Kan. -- Two Kansas State professors and one from Iowa State University are collaborating with a scientist at the New York State Department of Health (NYDH) on diagnostic and intervention tools for the H1N1 virus.

Read a Q&A about canine influenza with Dr. Cynda Crawford.

Davis, Calif. -- The coroner's office put to rest the suspicion that a University of California-Davis veterinary hospital worker died of the H1N1 influenza virus last week.

Ames, Iowa -- Researchers at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine working on developing flu vaccines for swine landed a state grant for nearly $150,000, and other Iowa State veterinary researchers will receive nearly $70,000.

Washington -- A new government study says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) didn't adequately assess the biosecurity and economic risks of moving the Plum Island, N.Y., animal-disease research lab to a Kansas State University site in Manhattan, Kan.

In this video, Dr. Melissa Kennedy outlines how to diagnose this daunting disease.

Methicillin is a narrow spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class.

Brucella canis is a non-motile, Gram negative coccobacillus with a host range limited to domestic and wild canids.

Feline leukemia virus is endemic wherever there are free-roaming cats.

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is feared by people who breed cats.

Ocular disease due to feline herpesvirus (FHV) is common.

Increasing numbers of human beings are immunocompromised as a result of illness or the use of immunosuppressive drugs, and it is estimated that at least 30% to 40% of immunocompromised patients own companion animals.

Bartonella infections of domestic cats have only recently been recognized, but likely have existed for thousands of years.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus infections have been a concern in human medicine since the first healthcare-associated MR Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) infections were reported in human beings in 1961.