Following up on a recent post regarding evidence for shortened duration of treatment in select cases of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), we have a new WormsAndGermsPod quick-bite on FIP treatment duration.
This short 14-minute podcast covers:
A lot of infectious disease events get over-hyped by the media, which makes it a bit surprising that this case has flown a bit under the radar. It’s not a sign of an impending “influenza apocalypse,” but it’s a warning sign that more may be going on lately with flu viruses than we’ve been able
We started WormsAndGermsBlog on a bit of a whim. I didn’t really know much about blogs but Maureen Anderson and I we were working on a project to develop infectious and zoonotic disease resources for different audiences, and realized that making physical flyers (or CDs… remember those?) wouldn’t be overly impactful or sustainable. Around that
Warning: long post. TL;DR? We can drop the antiviral treatment duration for feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) to 42 days in many situations.
In veterinary medicine, a lot of our recommended durations for treatment for different diseases have little scientific backing. We “inherited” a lot of these treatment regimens from the days when the drugs
Today, we have a guest post from One Health epidemiologist extraordinaire (and great collaborator) Dr. Katie Clow and extraordinaire-in-training Sydney DeWinter.
If you have been following the ongoing saga regarding canine importation regulations put forth by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), dog movement is likely top of mind and
When mpox (formerly monkeypox) started to surge in Ontario back in 2022, I set up a study to try to look at possible human-to-pet transmission of the causative virus (known as MPXV), because we have very little information about the potential risks to pets, and their potential role in transmission. By the time we got
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment recently released information about 6 cats in the state diagnosed with H5N1 influenza. Some aspects of these cases are totally unsurprising, others raise a lot of questions.
Colorado has been hit hard by H5N1 in dairy cattle, with over 50 herds affected since the spring
This is really good news – albeit a bit frustrating that we spent so much time working on the issue over the last couple of months, only to have the US CDC largely walk back most of what they announced with regard to movement of dogs from low-risk countries for dog rabies back in May
UPDATE: Shortly after this was posted, the US CDC walked back most of the requirements discussed below. This post will be left up for the historical record, but please note that the information no longer applies. Updated information was posted on July 22, 2024.
Here’s our current list of frequently asked questions about the impending
Our oversubscribed CVMA webinar on the new US dog importation rules coming into effect on August 1 showed just how many questions are still out there about the changes. An FAQ is in the works that will help address many of these, so stay tuned for that.
The topic of this post is: why are
