Public Education

Disease Info Gallery

Evidence-based guidance on the diseases most often seen in Jamaican animals — written for owners, useful for practitioners.

Multi-species

Heartwater — A Tick-Transmitted Disease of Ruminants

Heartwater — A Tick-Transmitted Disease of Ruminants

Heartwater, also known as Cowdriosis, is a tick-borne disease of ruminants caused by the rickettsial organism Ehrlichia ruminantium, formerly Cowdria ruminantium.

Neospora Caninum and Neosporosis

Neospora Caninum and Neosporosis

Neospora caninum is a cyst-forming apicomplexan parasite that causes neosporosis, notably in cattle and domestic dogs.