Veterinary Newsletter

• Toxic Algae in Pierce County Lakes
• Rabies Treatment Recommended for 14 People
• West Nile Virus is Here in Washington State
• Bat Tests Positive for Rabies in Pierce County
• ACIP Votes to Recommend Reduced Rabies Vaccination Series
• World Rabies Day
• Pasteur's Anti-Rabies Treatment
• Plague fatal - New Mexico
• Rabies, Animal - Kansas
• Rabid Kitten on Cranbrook Campus, Michigan
  
• Arizona Reports HantaVirus Death
• HantaVirus Infection in New Mexico
• Plague, Tularemia, Prairie Dogs - South Dakota
  

• Is the Economy Affecting the Zoonotic Disease Program?
• Animal Bites and Potential Rabies Exposures in Washington State
• Puyallup Spring Fair Gears Up to Prevent Deadly Cattle Disease
• 2009 Plans for West Nile Virus in Pierce County
• Rabies Vaccine Suppy - Current Situation
• Researcher Healthy 21 Days After Ebola Accident
• Don't Let Rabies Spoil Your Spring Vacation
• Avian in Raccoons in Japan
• Rabid Fox in North Carolina
• Pierce County Zoonotic Disease Data
  

• Cattle at Puyallup Fair Affected by Malignant Catarrhal Fever
• Interagency Workgroup Begins Revision on Zoonotic Disease Rules
• 2008 West Nile Virus Season Update
• Coyote in Wapato Park
• Environmental Health Indicators Report and Workshops
• Hantavirus Death in New Mexico
• Turtle in Oregon Have Salmonella
• Rabies in Texas Cat
• Rabid Fox Attacks Boy in South Carolina
• Woman Jogger Attacked by Rabid Fox in Arizona
• Fox Attacks Church Members in South Carolina
• 160+ Mountain Bikers Made Sick by Sheep Droppings in United Kingdom
• Students in Montana Start Shots for Rabies
• Pierce County Zoonotic Disease Data
  

• Rabies Imported Through "Operation Baghdad Pup"
• Hantavirus Claims Life of Ellensburg Police Officer 
• West Nile Virus is Here
• Rabies Vaccine Supply Situation
• Rabies in Skunks in Colorado
• Rabies, Canine, Human Exposure in Georgia
• Pierce County Bat Positive for Rabies
• Black-Footed Ferrets Struck by Plague
• Anthrax Kills 25 Bison in Montana
• Woman in Nevada Gets Tularemia
• Illness Halts Raw Milk Program
• Pierce County Zoonotic Disease Data
  

• Polly Doesn't Want Psittacosis
• West Nile Virus Season is Here
• Symptoms of West Nile Virus May Persist
• Feline Enteric Zoonotic Diseases
• Veterinary Guidelines for Managing Zoonotic Diseases in Cats
• Rabid Mountain Lion Attacks Boy
• Human Rabies Death in Santa Barbara County
• Man Bitten in Attack by Rabid Fox in New York
• Fatal Hantavirus Case in Taos County, New Mexico
• PLU Nursing Students Work on Newsletter for School Project
  

• Toxic Blue-Green Algae in Pierce County Lakes
• Few West Nile Virus Detections This Season
• Imported Dogs May be a Public Health Concern
• Bird Feeding Cautions Eased
• Wildlife Biologist Dies of Plague
• Man Dies From Rabies in Minnesota
• Panic Over Suspected Rabies in India
• Hantavirus Claims Life in South Dakota
• New Study Sheds New Light on Pig Farms and MRSA Bacteria Transmission
• Leptospirosis Outbreak Kills 25 After Storm
• Fatal Fungus Creeps South Into Washington
• Wolves in Alaska Likely Have Rabies
  

• Four Horses Test Positive for West Nile Virus
• Hantavirus Case in Franklin County
• Waterfowl Losses at Wapato Lake Tacoma
• Vibriosis Outbreak Closes Shellfish Growing Areas
• Two Bats Test Positive for Rabies in Pierce County
• Rabid Beaver Attack in Maryland
• World Rabies Day September 8, 2007
• Rabies Continues to be a Problem in China
• Increase in Rabid Animals in Samara, Russia
• Low Pathogenic H₅N₁ vs. Highly Pathogenic H₅N₁
• Veterinarians May be at Increased Risk of Avian Influenza
• Pierce County Zoonotic Disease Data
  

• Cryptococcus gattii in the Pacific Northwest
• 20 People Exposed to Rabid Dog in Virginia
• Raw Cougar Meat Makes Man Sick
• Lab Puppy Exposes 50 to Rabies in North Carolina
• Lewis County Acts to Reduce Spread of Burcella Canis
• Horse Dies from Rabies at Rhode Island Stable
• 2007 West Nile Virus Season is Starting
• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Early Detection Data System
  

• African Grey Parrot Dies of Chlamydiophilla psittaci
• West Nile Virus Arrives in King County
• 10-Year-Old Dies from Rabies
• West Nile Virus 2006 Summary for Pierce County
• Identifying Zoonotic Disease Measures
• Did you know.....?
• Pierce County Zoonotic Disease Data
• Horse Stabled at Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration Tested Positive for Rabies
• Rabies Epidemic in China
• Rabies Heads Fatal Disease List Again
  

Summer 2006

• Poultry at County and State Fairs to be Screened for Bird Flu
• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
• State Expands Oyster Closure Areas
• Seeking Committee Members
• Rabies Testing in Washington State
• Pierce County Zoonotic Disease Data
• 2006 Rabies Activity in Pierce County
• Condor Chick Die of West Nile in Idaho
• Yakima Horse Tests Positive for West Nile Virus
• Advisory Group to Offer Guidnace on Cattle Identification Technology
  

Spring 2006

• Avian Influenza Surveillance and Response
• Avian Influenza, Cats;  H₅N₁ Systemic Infection
  
• Embargo of Birds from Specified Countries
• Hantavirus Infection Kills Airman at Texas Army Base
• Are You Ready for Another West Nile Virus Season?
• Giardiasis in Pet Store Puppies
• Animal Control Agencies in Pierce County
• Canine Leptospirosis Update
• Potentially Dangerous Dog Ordinance
• Pierce County Zoonotic Disease Data
  

December 2005

• Avian Influenza....a Public Health Threat?
• Confirmation of Human Rabies Infection in Mississippi
• Cities Will Run Animal Control
• Request for Poultry Raisers to Send in Samples
• Pierce County Zoonotic Disease Data
• West Nile Virus Data
• Death of Farm Worker Attributed to Hantavirus
• Communicable Disease Epidemiology
• New Permit May Be Required of Veterinarians

• Plague and Tularemia Serosurvey Results
• HEALTH Advisory for Veterinarians in Western Washington, August 2005
• West Nile Virus Found in Snohomish County Horses Brought in From California
• Unsuspecting Campers Trap Rabid Bat
• Psitticosis in Pierce and King Counties
• West Nile Virus & Washington:  A Zoonotic Disease Mystery
• West Nile Virus Data
• Pierce County Zoontic Data
• Toxic Blue-Green Algae Blooms
• Waterfowl and Trout Losses at Wapato Lake
  

April 2005

• Toxic Blue-Green Algae Blooms
• Bat Tests Positive for Rabies
• Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Petting Zoo - USA (Florida)
• Outbreak of Equine Strangles in California
• Plague and Tularemia Serosurvey Projecet Update - Any Results Yet?
• Chicks and Ducklings Discouraged as Easter Gifts
• 2005 West Nile Virus Update

• Two Avian Malaria Cases at Point Defienace Zoo
• Plague - Tularemia Serosurvey Project
• Bats Positive For Rabies in Tacoma
• Eleven Cases of Canine Leptospirosis in Western Washington
• Degu Alert
• Wisconsin Girl is First Unvaccinated Patient to Survive Rabies Infection
• West Nile Virus Update for 2004

September 2004

• Outbreak of Human Cryptosporidiosis
• Case of Leptospirosis in a Goat
• Rabies Preexposure Phrophylaxis
• Cool Weather Brings Fewer Bat Calls After Long Hot Summer
• Pierce County Zoonotic Data
• Washington State Department of Health Rabies Test Statistics
• Notifiable Conditions and the Veterinarian
• Anticipating the Arrival of west Nile Virus
• European-wide Alert About Rabies in France (September 9, 2004)

• Satff Infection with staph - the "newest player" in your game?
• Is This a Wolf Hybrid???
• Wings
• An Intersting Twist to the Almond Recall
• Puerto Rican Puppies
• New Employee, Monica Roppo, R.S.
• Dog Swallows Bat
• The Tale of the Giant African Snail
  

March 2004

• Psitticosis in Pierce County
• Notifiable Conditions and the Veterinarian
• What should we do with this prairie dog?
• Hotlines Every Veterinarian Should Know
• 2003 Animal Bite Summary
• 2003 West Nile Virus Field Testing Summary

• Simon...The Runaway Pigtail Macaque
• Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and Animal Health Care Response
• Are you, your employees and the equine patients you treat protected against tetanus?
• Are you psychotic, overdosing, or did you just forget your booster shot?
• There's a Fungus Amungus!
• Washington Sate Department of Health Contacts
  

• West Nile Virus Update
• TPCHD Antibiotic Resistance Project
• Overview of Dogs and Cats and West Nile Virus
• Local Vet - Dr. Laurel Wright, DVM, Spanaway Veterinary Clinic
• Zoo Animal Vaccinations
• Do You Suspect WNV in an Equine?
• Monkeypox Update in Washington State