Background There is considerable interest in the literature on disease mapping to interpolate
estimates of disease occurrence or risk of disease from a regional database onto a …

Climate change is expected to cause changes in precipitation quantity, intensity, frequency
and duration, which will subsequently alter environmental conditions and might increase the …

Canine leptospirosis has been described as having re-emerged in North America around the
mid-1990s, with a change in the epidemiology of the infecting serovars responsible for the …

Background Ontario provincial abattoirs have the potential to be important sources of syndromic
surveillance data for emerging diseases of concern to animal health, public health and …

We sampled 1091 Icelandic broiler flocks at slaughter from May 2001 to December 2003 to
determine the prevalence of, and investigate risk factors for the presence of, Campylobacter …

In many species with a resource-based mating system, males defend resources to increase
their attractiveness to females. In the strawberry poison frog, Dendrobates pumilio, suitable …

Background Heat stress is a physiological response to extreme environmental heat such as
heat waves. Heat stress can result in mortality in dairy cows when extreme heat is both …

Alveolar echinococcosis, the disease caused by infection with the intermediate stage of the
Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworm, is typically fatal in humans and dogs when left …

When free-roaming in natural areas, the domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) is ranked high
among the most destructive alien species. Near human dwellings, it might pose a risk to …

Background Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukemia virus (FeLV) are reported
to have similar risk factors and similar recommendations apply to manage infected cats. …