A new bill, the Healthy Dog Importation Act, has been proposed in the US Congress to deal with a few important issues related to dog importation.
The proposed act would require any dog being imported to:
US Healthy Dog Importation Act
Changes to Ontario Rabies Rules
There’s nothing too earth-shattering here, but a few useful changes pertaining to rabies regulations are coming to Ontario as of July 1, 2023.
- Medical officers of health (MOHs) will have the ability to require rabies testing of animals that have died or are euthanized during their 10 day observation period after they’ve bitten someone.
Need 2 Know: Rabies in Pets video
Canada has a long-standing requirement for rabies vaccination of most categories of dogs and cats being imported from countries not considered free of non-bat rabies. While this requirement helps protect dogs and cats from rabies infection should they be exposed to endemic wildlife rabies that is present in Canada, it does little to prevent rabies
New Canadian Dog Importation Rules
Hot on the heels of a recent update to dog importation rules in the US, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced new rules for importation of commercial dogs into Canada.
The essence of the change is quite straightforward: “As of September 28, 2022, World Rabies Day, commercial dogs from
Updated CDC Rules For Dog Importation
Dog importation rules in the US and Canada have changed a few times in recent years, in large part due to overdue recognition of some important long-standing issues, like the risk of importing rabid dogs. In the last several years, the US CDC has been implementing stricter rules around canine importation, culminating last summer
Tuberculosis in a Dog
A recent publication in the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (Haydock et al. 2022) describes an interesting but unfortunate case of tuberculosis in a dog. Published reports of rare cases like this are often of limited value, but sometimes they highlight important broader issues, and I think this one fits that category.
The
Preventing Rabies in Imported Dogs
As per yesterday’s post, another rabid imported dog was identified in Ontario, again from Iran. What’s particularly surprising about this case is the very long incubation period. The dog didn’t develop signs of rabies until over 6 months after importation, and it was confirmed that it was infected with canine-variant rabies (consistent with strains
Imported Canine Rabies in Ontario – Again
For the second time in 7 months, rabies has been identified in a dog in Ontario that was imported from Iran through a rescue organization. The first case was detected in July 2021 in an adult dog that started to develop signs of rabies within 10 days of arrival in Canada, and was euthanized 2
Canine Rabies Imported Into Canada From Iran
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has reported the identification of a rabid dog imported into Ontario from Iran. The dog was imported on July 1, 2021 and started showing signs of rabies on July 11. It was euthanized the next day and subsequently diagnosed with rabies caused by a canine rabies virus variant
US Dog Import Restrictions for African Swine Fever
African Swine Fever (ASF) is a devastating viral disease of swine that isn’t currently present in the US or Canada. Although the ASF virus only infects pigs, it is quite hardy and can be tracked around by humans, other animals and contaminated clothing, equipment, animal feed and uncooked pork products (like sausages). It can also