WormsAndGermsPod
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Half dose vaccination in dogs
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Big dog, small dog, same vaccine.Does that make sense?Can we, and should we, use smaller doses of vaccines in smaller dogs?How does that impact the im...
Flu antivirals: should we use them in animals
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As H5N1 influenza continues to cause havoc across the world, there's continued spillover of this virus in domestic mammals. While antivirals aren...
H5N1 influenza and raw pet food
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As H5N1 continues its unprecedented march through wild and domestic animals, recent infections of cats have highlights concerns about risks to dogs an...
H5N1 influenza testing in dogs and cats
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread, we are seeing more issues with spillover into companion animals. This episode provides some thoughts abou...
Do changes in antibiotic use in animals lead to changes in resistance in humans?
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do changes in antibiotic use in animals lead to changes in resistance in people? It's a bit of yes, no, maybe situation because it's complic...
Using antibiotics in animals for growth promotion
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our World AMR Awareness Week series continues with Dr. Weese talking about the issues around use of antibiotics in animals for growth promotion.Here&a...
Antimicrobial prophylaxis in animals...it's messy
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of our World AMR Awareness Week series covers the controversial issue of antimicrobial prophylaxis in animals. Should we use antibiotics in he...
Antimicrobial dogmas, misconceptions and barriers
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As part of World AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance) Awareness Week (WAAW), Dr. Scott Weese outlines some dogmas, misconceptions and barriers that are co...
Mission Rabies
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Gibson and Ian Battersby from Mission Rabies join Scott Weese to talk about canine rabies and Mission Rabies's international efforts to cont...
Tick talk
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Katie Clow joins Scott Weese for a talk about ticks and tick borne diseases in companion animals. Resources mentioned in the podcast:Ontario risk ...
Quick bite: Antimicrobial targets
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Freshly back from the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance, where antimicrobial use targets in animals were ...
Antiviral treatment of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP): how long should we treat?
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Antivirals have revolutionized treatment of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), turning it from an almost invariably fatal disease to one that's...
Rabies
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All things rabies; a discussion with Dr. Maureen Anderson DVM DVSc PhD DACVIM. Why do we care about rabies? What's rabies exposure? What do we do...
Quick bite: Is MRSP zoonotic?
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) is a multidrug resistant bacterium that's an increasing problem in dogs. But can it ...