In this issue:
Holiday schedule [2]
Staff highlights [5]
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: Part 5 - Results reporting [7]
Ruminants
Chronic proliferative rhinitis associated with Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae in a ewe [8]
Ovine abortion due to Actinobacillus seminis and Histophilus somni [9]
Swine
Tackling negative diagnostic test results: Focus on respiratory disease [10]
Avian/fur/exotic
Bacterial arthritis in broiler breeder chickens [11]
Ventral opisthostoma tear in a Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula [12]
Equine
Equine pastern leukocytoclastic vasculitis [13]
Companion animals
Echinococcus multilocularis – A fatal tapeworm infection in a dog [14]
A case of Chagas disease in puppy adopted from southern United States [15]
AHL Newsletter
December, 2022 - Volume 26, Number 4 ISSN 1481-7179
Editor: Maria Spinato, DVM, DVSc, Diplomate ACVP, MBA
Editorial Assistants: Helen Oliver, Sofija Jelacic
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