NEWS AND COMMMENT: Online, there are disturbing reports about a mystery respiratory disease affecting more than 200 dogs in Oregon and the report is that other states are affected. The worrying aspect of this disease is that at this stage the experts don’t know whether …
The African swine fever (ASF) virus is spreading in parts of Europe, Asia and Africa so reports the British government. The disease cannot be transmitted to people i.e. it is not zoonotic. In affected areas it has been confirmed in wild boar as well as …
NEWS AND COMMENT: The reporting is skimpy. However, it’s clear that dogs are picking up a bug which causes gastroenteritis when they are taken for a walk on Blackpool beach. This is a famous beach in the UK. Blackpool is a well-known tourist attraction, albeit …
The famous New Forest in the UK has both dog walkers and grazing cattle on it at any one time. New Forest commoners, such as Tom Gould, are allowed to graze their cattle on this common land and national park. Tom Gould has 38 cattle …
The back story is that in the UK currently there is an H5N1 bird flu problem. The poultry industry and wild birds in the UK are going through the worst winter for avian flu on record. About 2.3 million birds have been culled to limit …
