Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a big problem with a crappy marketing plan. It’s been termed a “silent pandemic,” and it has huge health and financial impacts that are only going to get worse if we don’t act. Unfortunately, even though we’ve been battling this issue for decades, the average person doesn’t know about it, or
Bats and Rabies Risk Assessments
Bats are getting a lot of attention around here following the recent death of a person in Ontario from rabies. The infection was “suspected to have been acquired from direct contact with a bat…” Most rabies deaths that occur in North America nowadays are due to transmission from bats, but all too often
Seal Bites and Rabies Risk
I know seals are mammals.
I know rabies virus can infect all mammals.
I’m pretty tuned into rabies and rabies prevention.
Yet, I’m not sure how quickly I’d clue in to any rabies risk from a seal bite. (I’d hopefully get there eventually, but I doubt it would jump to mind like it would with
H5N1 Flu in Dairy Cattle: New Info About Disease in Cattle and Potential Human Issues
There’s a great new early-release paper in Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oguzie et al. 2024) about the emerging situation with H5N1 influenza in dairy cattle. It provides some important new information, and more details that somewhat challenge the early narrative.
The authors explain some of the limitations of the study to keep in
Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis For Unvaccinated Dogs and Cats: A Retrospective Look at the Texas Approach
- Why not? I’m not
A Farm-Level View of an H5N1 Outbreak in Cattle
For such a potentially big problem, we’re received disappointingly little official information about H5N1 influenza on dairy farms in the US. The more we know, the better we can plan for containment and control, wherever it pops up next. If information isn’t being gathered or isn’t being shared, our ability to address this problem
Update: H5N1 Avian Flu in Dairy Cattle (May 3)
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 that has been held pretty tight up until now.
Current situation with infected dairy herds in the US
Rather than focus
H5N1 Avian Flu in Dairy Cattle: What to Do With the Milk?
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 the udder, and a lot of virus is shed in the milk of infected dairy cattle. It
H5N1 Flu and Pasteurization: Does It Work?
- Relax. There’s really nothing
H5N1 Avian Flu in Dairy Cattle, Texas: New Pre-Print Data
- A pre-print is a non-peer reviewed version of