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
A few times a week, I get questions like this from veterinarians:
Or I get
Around here, infection in dogs caused by Leishmania infantum typically comes up in the context of imported dogs, particularly those from countries around the Mediterranean (e.g. Greece, Israel, Spain). This parasite is usually transmitted between a variety of mammalian species, including dogs and humans, by certain species of sandflies. We’re quite lucky here in Ontario
One of the first diseases that really hit home for me in terms of concerns about canine importation and travel was leishmaniasis. This nasty parasitic disease is something I certainly didn’t learn about in vet school, and it wasn’t on my radar at all until I started getting calls for help managing infected dogs.
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Click below for an editorial that appeared in the July 2015 edition of Clinician’s Brief.
Clinician’s Brief Canine Importation Editorial
It asks some very to-the-point questions about why dogs continue to be imported in massive numbers into some regions (including Ontario), despite the animal and public health risks. The issue is slowly gaining recognition,
I’ve written a fair bit about leishmaniasis in dogs lately, mainly in the context of potential risks from imported dogs. This parasitic infection is a concern because it can be serious and hard to treat, and also affects humans. Dogs are the main reservoir of Leishmania infantum, and it’s an important cause of disease
In some ways, I get it. However, the rest of me just wants to bang my head against the wall.
The short story: a blind dog was imported from Iran. Upon arrival, it was found to have (probably among other things) leishmaniasis, a concerning parasitic disease that we’re seeing occasionally in imported dogs. Leishmaniasis is
