One Health Heroes: Cape fur seals and a rabies outbreak, AVMA position on raw feeding, Screwworm travel restrictions

On this episode of One Health Heroes, Dr. Mandy Sorensen returns to explain changing requirements for pets traveling between the United States and Mexico and what owners should discuss with their veterinarians before a trip. She also shares the fascinating epidemiologic investigation that uncovered rabies circulating among Cape fur seals in southern Africa and discusses why active disease surveillance is so important. Finally, the episode looks at guidance from the American Veterinary Medical Association discouraging raw animal-source foods for pets and raw milk because of infectious disease risks, updated to include highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Key Takeaways:

• Pet travel rules are changing because of New World screwworm. AVMA travel update
• A rabid dog helped uncover rabies circulating in Cape fur seals. Emergence of Rabies in Cape Fur Seals, South Africa
• Raw meat and milk carries infectious-disease risks to pets and people. AVMA raw diet policy
• One Health connects animal, human, and environmental disease surveillance. AAFSPHV

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