Category: Infectious Disease Posts/Uncategorized

Threatening Our Deer: EHDV

Posted On By Kayla Wells DVM, MPH, DACVPMcomment

Imagine a beautiful summer evening.  You are sitting in your chair, listening to the birds and watching deer move in.  Such a peaceful, serene, relaxing evening.  Now, imagine the same idyllic scene with no deer. North American cervids are at risk of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV). As an Orbivirus, family Reoviridae, it comes as […]

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Category: Immunology/medicine/One Health/Parasitology

Nietzsche, and How He Helps Us Beat Ya, Malaria

Posted On By Christopher Lee DVM MPH DACVPMcomment

Paraphrased, Nietzsche said, “There are no facts, only interpretation.” This could apply to malarial species. If you do some intense data searching, that is, you have a computer, Wi-Fi, and then Google, “number of malaria species that infect people” – typical results include 4, 5, and 6. They could all be correct. Four has been […]

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Category: Infectious Disease Posts/One Health

Threat From the South:VSV

Posted On By Kayla Wells DVM, MPH, DACVPM5 Comments

The US is currently battling another foreign animal disease outbreak.  Last week, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) was identified in two horses in south Texas and one in New Mexico.  Summer breezes bring vectors up from Mexico. With low mortality, our greatest concern with VSV is its resemblance to important foreign animal diseases (FADs) like foot […]

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