Investigation of the hypothesised relationship between grain-free diets and acquired dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs
Amongst the veterinary community, concerns have been raised of an association between grain-free diets and acquired dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs. These concerns prompted investigation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced in July 2018. While...
FDA Finds No Evidence that Grain-Free Diets Cause Canine Heart Disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded that there is no scientific evidence that a grain-free diet causes canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The agency outlined the multiple potential factors that can, alone or in combination, contribute to dogs...
Risk-Based early detection system of African Swine Fever using mortality thresholds
African swine fever (ASF) is an infectious disease of swine causing major losses in the swine industry worldwide. Early detection of ASF is challenging because of the wide range of non-specific clinical signs produced and its relatively low contagiousness. Monitoring...
Technical White Paper – Business Continuity in the Face of African Swine Fever
A white paper released today by Ausvet and One Health Scientific Solutions provides some background to the use of compartmentalisation to ensure business continuity in the face of this disease, if it were to ever occur in free countries.