In this issue:

Update from the Director [2]

AHL Client Portal [3]

New PCR tests at the AHL [4]

Determination of vitamin A and E testing in serum or plasma [5]

Staff highlights [6]

OAHN update [7]

Ruminants

Lead intoxication in a herd of beef cattle [8]

Swine

Infection of pigs with Influenza A virus H3.2010.1 clade in Ontario [9]

CanSpot ASF surveillance testing is ongoing - Submit your samples [10]

Avian/fur/exotic

Lead toxicosis in a captive urban rock pigeon (Columba livia) [11]

Egg drop syndrome '76: Keep on your rule out list [12]

Leucocytozoonosis n multiple avain species [13]

Equine

Testing for EEE virus and West Nile virus encephslopathies [14]

Companion animals

Canine distemper virus infection of vaccinal origin in a 14 week-old puppy [15]

Infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in an Ontario dog [16]

Mycobacterium bovis in an imported cat [17]