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Zoonoses Information for You, Your Staff & Clients
Canine
Influenza Virus
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WELCOME
The
Arizona Veterinary Medical Association is a state-wide organization
dedicated to promoting excellence in veterinary medicine, and educating
the public about animal health care and well-being. Established in
1941, its members practice in both the urban and rural areas of Arizona
and include 85 who are board certified in specialty areas of veterinary
medicine.
Health Alert for
Equine Veterinarians
and Horse Owners!
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There is a very toxic
weed that is highly prevalent this spring.
It is commonly called Fiddleneck, or tarweed.
Animals affected are horses and cattle.
The toxic principle is pyrrolizidine alkaloids which
primarily affect the liver. As
little as 15 milligrams of dried plant per kilogram of body weight
over two weeks can produce liver disease.
All parts of the plants are toxic even when it is dried.
Deny access of your horse to this plant and clear your fence lines
of it up to a distance of at least 3 feet.
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The Botanical name is
Amsinckia intermedia. It is a weed of dry cultivated soils / waste
areas. Fiddleneck is an erect, sparsely branching annual weed
which is approximately 2-3 feet tall.
The entire plant is very hairy; flowers are orange to
yellow in color and are produced terminally on a distinctive
fiddleneck-shaped stem and only bloom on one side of the axis. |
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Revisiting Brucellosis as a
Zoonosis
RB51 Vaccine Exposures & Brucella
canis
By
Jennifer Martin
, MPH & Elisabeth Lawaczeck, DVM
As part of a Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) project,
the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) is conducting enhanced
surveillance for human brucellosis cases and increasing awareness
concerning brucellosis through education.
Veterinarians can be exposed via the RB51 vaccine and pet owners
from their pets or non-pasteurized
milk products.
For the complete article giving details about exposure and reporting click
here.
The 2007 Wild West conference was
a huge success...
Mark Your Calendar for next year!
October 15-19, 2008
Click
the icon on the left to go directly to the
Wild West Veterinary Conference website.
Capwiz
Now Available for
AzVMA Members
Learn more by clicking on this link:
Capwiz
or go directly to AzVMA's Capwiz site:
http://capwiz.com/azvma/
Click here to learn more about the Josh and
Friends program, developed to help children facing the potentially scary
experience of a hospital stay and benefiting Children's Miracle Network
hospitals.
AzVMA
Building Fund Project
AzVMA has created a way to retire the mortgage on its new office building.
For more information about the building uses and contributions, click
here.
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