Massive flock casualties have the potential to slow supply chains, according to Ragan Adams, a veterinary specialist at Colorado State University’s extension office.
VIDEO: "I realized that disease, infectious diseases really, can happen to anyone, including the vet student who spends a lot of my free time working on infectious disease things," Caroline Wollman said. The website has been up since February and is a place horse owners and barn managers can look to for guidance on a plethora of topics when it comes to caring for horses.
VIDEO: "Food safety is a huge thing in the United States and we're lucky to have a safe food system. There are no birds going into the supply chain that are positive for HPAI." -Dr. Ragan Adams
Tiffany Martin, DVM, MS, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, applied superficial radiation therapy to the turtle’s squamous cell carcinoma in June 2021. The female turtle, which resides at Denver Zoo, showed no signs of the lesion three months after therapy, and continues to be cancer-free as of today.
VIDEO: The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was detected in the U.S. in February and has spread in wild birds in 31 states. More than 45 million domestic poultry and birds have been impacted, Colorado State University said in a news release Monday.
The Poultry Pathways webinar hosted by CSU extension opened with talk of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza. Heather Reider, who serves as the CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Avian Health Coordinator said it is a serious concern for Colorado’s $21 million poultry industry.
One bird carcass was delivered to the CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for preliminary testing, with confirmatory testing being completed at the USDA NVSL on April 8.
Officials learned from a Pitkin County veterinarian that 35 of 36 poultry died in a flock. Test samples were sent to CSU's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for preliminary testing and then to the national lab on Friday.
Dr. Goodrich, who earned her veterinary degree at Illinois in 1991, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine’s Research Day on April 27.
“Feelings need to be respected and honored. They’re valid, not abnormal. You have to acknowledge them but at the same time allow yourself to adapt to the news you’ve been given about your pet." -Maria Gore, Director of Operations and Program Services at the Argus Institute at Colorado State University’s James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital