Pamphlets are available that address the status and details on a number of animal diseases of concern for:

• Public Health
• Domestic Animal Health
• Wildlife Health

Please contact the Chief Veterinary Officer for further information regarding these pamphlets.

Public Health

• Rabies information

Note: all links below are PDFs and will open in a new window.

• Q-fever in goats (358 KB)
• West Nile virus surveillance (313 KB)
• Hantavirus in deer mice (232 KB)
• Keep your cabin free of rodents (479 KB)
• Health risks from handling animals: (1) Livestock Owners (121 KB)
• Health risks from handling animals: (2) Hunters and Trappers (186 KB)
• Health risks from handling animals: (3) General Public (143 KB)
• Health risks from handling animals: (4) Livestock Fairs (113 KB)
• Lyme disease in Newfoundland (1.1 MB)
• Ticks of Newfoundland and Labrador (290 KB)
• Contagious Ecthyma (Orf) in Sheep and Goats (523 KB)

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Domestic Animal Health

• Furbearing animals
  • Import regulations for mink – Aleutian disease (133 KB)
  • Fatty liver syndrome (268 KB)
• Honeybees
  • Import regulations for honeybees (122 KB)
• Poultry
  • Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) in poultry (186 KB)
• Sheep/goats
  • Footrot in sheep (167 KB)
  • Construction and operation of a sheep foot bath (122 KB)
  • Q-fever in goats (358 KB)
  • Hypothermia in lambs (468 KB)
  • Stomach tubing young lambs (346 KB)
  • Dicrocelium dendriticum – The lancet fluke of sheep (233 KB)
  • Blowfly in sheep (625 KB)
  • Contagious Ecthyma (Orf) in Sheep and Goats (523 KB)
• Horses
  • Newfoundland Pony pamphlets
    • Health Care (165 KB)
    • Pony Breeding (279 KB)
    • Pony Foaling (483 KB)
    • Pony Foal and Postpartum (375 KB)
    • Pony Housing (288 KB)
    • Pony Nutrition (315 KB)
    • Pony Feeding (170 KB)
    • Evolution of the Newfoundland Pony (641 KB)
    • Newfoundland Pony Hoof Structure (368 KB)
    • Newfoundland Pony Routine Hoof Care (154 KB)
    • Newfoundland Pony Hoof Trimming (161 KB)
    • Newfoundland Pony Lameness (168 KB)
    • Newfoundland Pony Shoeing (156 KB)
  • West Nile virus surveillance (312 KB)
• Poisonous plants
  • Plants poisonous to livestock in Newfoundland and Labrador (800 KB)
  • Tansy ragwort poisoning in Newfoundland (123 KB)
  • Sheep laurel poisoning in Newfoundland and Labrador (185 KB)
  • St. John’s wort poisoning in livestock (292 KB)
• Pets
  • Rabies information
  • French heartworm infection of dogs and foxes in Newfoundland (303 KB)
  • Ticks of Newfoundland and Labrador (290 KB)
  • Lyme disease in Newfoundland (1.1 MB)
• All farm animals
  • Biosecurity in the livestock and poultry industries (153 KB)

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Wildlife Health

• Rabies information
• French heartworm infection of dogs and foxes in Newfoundland (303 KB)
• Parasites of caribou (10): Brainworm infestation (489 KB)
• Parasites of caribou (2): Fly larvae infestation (696 KB)
• Parasites of caribou (3) Tapeworm cysts (270 KB)
• Parasites of the snowshoe hare (1) Tapeworm cysts (371 KB)
• Parasites of moose (1): Tapeworm cysts (343 KB)
• Salmonella in songbirds (252 KB)
• West Nile virus surveillance (312 KB)
• Hantavirus in deer mice (232 KB)
• Keep your cabin free of rodents (479 KB)
• Health risks from handling animals: (2) Hunters and Trappers (186 KB)
• Health risks from handling animals: (3) General Public (143 KB)
• Pesticide poisoning of seagulls (163 KB)
• Lyme disease in Newfoundland (1.1 MB)
• Ticks of Newfoundland and Labrador (290 KB)

General Topics

• Health risks from handling animals: (1) Livestock Owners (121 KB)
• Health risks from handling animals: (3) General Public (143 KB)
• Health risks from handling animals: (4) Livestock Fairs (113 KB)

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