Hendra virus facts and resources Hendra virus can produce life-threatening illness in horses and humans: to date about 80% of infected horses and 60% of infected people have died. Above: Oedematous lung from an HeV case (similar to the pathology caused by African...
African horse sickness in south-east Asia African horse sickness is exotic to Australia – but was diagnosed for the first time in southeast Asia in 2020. If it reaches our shores it has the potential to cause high mortality rates in horses as well as having...
From dull to dead – a horse with Hendra virus Unusual presentation: Horse depressed, breathing rapidly and sweating, with nasal discharge , and swollen eyelids and supraorbital fossae. Above: Hendra-affected lung from CSIRO EAD Field Guide (Images on this page from...
Canine ehrlichiosis in Australia Infection with E canis is a nationally notifiable disease in Australia. Vets in the north are frontline surveillance for suspect cases following its detection in May 2020. Above: Collect bloods (EDTA and serum) and ticks where possible...
Rule-out of exotic disease in feral pigs Unusual presentation: Feral pigs in poor condition and ‘sick looking’. Time and location: January 2020, north Queensland. Case definition: Feral pigs in poor condition. Gross findings: The farmer trapped 8 pigs and...
