Saturday, 22 October 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> New World screwworm - USA (08): (FL) cervid, pets, prophylaxis

Myiasis -- United States
It's not just the Key deer being ravaged by a flesh-eating worm in the Florida Keys. Pets are also starting to turn up with gruesome infections.
While wildlife managers have focused largely on the endangered herd and the 107 deer killed since August [2016], vets say they have treated at least 9 suspected cases in dogs, cats, rabbits, pigs and a tortoise. Two feral cats had to be euthanized, said Marathon Veterinary Hospital's Doug Mader. Those numbers are higher than the 3 reported by the

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2evMuCk

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