| Animal Health Alert Network (AHAN) |
The Veterinary Public Health Program set up an
Animal Health Alert Network (AHAN) in an effort to
keep veterinarians, RVTs and animal health workers informed
about local animal disease concerns, outbreaks, unusual
diseases, and other opportunities to participate in public
health initiatives.
Veterinarians, veterinary technicians, animal control staff,
wildlife rehabilitators and others that may work in an
animal health field in our local area are invited to
register and receive these alerts and updates.
How do I register?
Online: Click
here to complete the form online.
Print and Send: Click
here to print a form and then email to
vet@ph.lacounty.gov
or fax to 213-481-2375
Recent AHAN topics include:
Animal Health Advisory: Mosquito Control Strategies -
Protecting both People and Pets 
11.15.2024
Animal Health Advisory: Raccoon Roundworm in Los Angeles
County
9.17.2024
Animal Health Advisory: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
H5N1 Update: California Dairy Farm Outbreaks and Missouri
Human Case
9.9.2024
Animal Health Update: Reminder of Free SARS-CoV-2 PCR
Testing of Animals
6.27.2024
Animal Health Update: New CDC Dog Importation Regulations in
Effect August 1, 2024
6.11.2024
Animal Health Advisory: Locally Acquired Histoplasmosis in
18 Cats and 6 Dogs in Los Angeles County from 2009-2024
5.29.2024
Animal Health Advisory: Neurologic Cats & Highly Pathogenic
Avian Influenza H5N1 Testing in Los Angeles County
5.29.2024
Animal Health Advisory: Salmon Poisoning Disease in four
dogs
4.2.2024
Animal Health Update: Updated Animal Disease Reporting List
for LA County - 2024
2.14.2024
Animal Health Alert: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
(HPAI) H5N1 Detected in Wild Birds in Los Angeles County:
Guidance and Reporting Forms
1.24.2024
Animal Health Alert: Atypical Canine Respiratory Disease
11.16.2023
Animal Health Advisory: Canine Cases of
Extensively-Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Linked to
Multistate Outbreak Associated with Artificial Tears
10.17.2023
Animal Health Update: ATTENTION Hospital Managers and
Veterinarians: Many Diseases are Legally Reportable in Los
Angeles County
10.2.2023
Animal
Health Advisory: Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in a Horse in
Los Angeles County
6.22.2023
Animal Health Update: Free SARS-CoV-2 PCR Testing for
Animals to Resume July 1st, 2023
6.22.2023
Animal Health Advisory: Heterobilharzia americana (canine
schistosomiasis) confirmed in 11 dogs in three Southern
California Counties (LA, Orange, and Riverside)
4.19.2023
Animal Health Update: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
(HPAI) H5N1 Detected in Wild and Domestic Mammals Worldwide
4.11.2023
Animal Health Advisory: First Rabid Bat of 2023 in LA County
Identified
4.4.2023
Animal Health Update: Free SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Testing
for Animals Ending Soon - Get Samples in by March 15, 2023
1.20.2023
Animal Health Update: Updated Numbers, Guidance and
Reporting Form for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
10.31.2022
HPAI Guidance for Animal Control, Shelter and Veterinary
Facilities in Los Angeles County
Report Sick or Dead Birds -
HPAI Suspect Reporting Form
Flyer to post/share at facilities:
2022 HPAI in Los
Angeles County
Flyer to
post/share at facilities:
2022 Altamente Patķgeno
Influenza Aviar En El Condado de Los Angeles
Animal Health Update: SARS-CoV-2 in Animals Grant: Testing
Progress and Survey Results
10.24.2022
Infographic to Share:
Did You
Know - Pets - SARS-CoV-2
Infographic to Share:
Was Your
Pet Exposed to COVID?
Animal Health Alert: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
(HPAI) H5N1 Detected in Wild Birds in Los Angeles County
10.13.2022
Animal Health Advisory: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
(HPAI) Detected in Wild Birds in California
7.22.2022
Animal Health Advisory: SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance and Testing
Grant - Veterinarian Survey to Assess Knowledge and Barriers
to SARS-CoV-2 Testing
6.13.2022
Animal Health Alert: Human Monkeypox in the U.S. - Guidance
for Veterinarians
5.25.2022
Animal Health Advisory: Animal Health Workers Traveling to
Regions Near Ukraine
4.7.2022
Animal Health Advisory: Leptospirosis and Canine Influenza
H3N2 Outbreaks Appear To Have Ended
3.11.2022
Animal Health Advisory: Increase and Outbreaks of Human
Flea-Borne Typhus
12.6.2021
Animal Health Update: Canine Influenza Posters for use
by Veterinary Facilities
11.23.2021
Canine
Influenza Posters for Veterinary Clinics
Animal Health Advisory: Report of Vaccinated Dogs Developing
Parvovirus
11.1.2021
Animal Health Update: Need for Increased Vaccine Access:
Canine Influenza H3N2 and Leptospirosis Outbreaks in Los
Angeles County
10.26.2021
Animal Health Update: Foul Odor, Low Levels of Hydrogen
Sulfide in Dominguez Channel in City of Carson
10.26.2021
Animal Health Advisory: Leptospirosis Outbreak in Dogs
Continues in Los Angeles County
9.23.2021
Animal Health Alert: Canine Influenza Spreading In Los
Angeles County
9.9.2021
Animal Health Alert: Cluster of Flea-Borne Typhus Cases in
Monrovia
8.18.2021
Human Physicians and Providers: Flea-Borne Typhus in
Monrovia, Los Angeles County
Animal Health Alert: Update on Influenza and Leptospirosis
in Dogs
8.13.2021
Animal Health Alert: Outbreak of Presumptive Canine
Influenza H1N1
8.6.2021
Animal Health Alert: Local Increase in Canine Leptospirosis
7.23.2021
Animal Health Alert: Updated COVID-19 Guidance for
Veterinary Practice Staff
6.22.2021
Animal Health Alert: Current COVID-19 Guidance for
Veterinary Practice Staff
6.15.2021
Animal Health Alert: Updated COVID-19 Infection Prevention
Guidance for Veterinary Practice Staff
5.14.2021
Animal Health Update: Distemper Outbreak in Wildlife in Los
Angeles County
3.10.2021
Animal Health Advisory: Leptospirosis Outbreak in San Diego
County
12.17.2020
Animal
Health Alert: Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD) Update
12.16.2020
Animal Health Advisory: Recent Distemper Clusters in LA
County
12.14.2020
Animal Health Alert: Updated COVID-19 Guidance for
Veterinary Practice Staff
10.28.2020
Survey: UCLA Veterinary and Zoonotic Surveillance for
COVID-19 and Other Coronaviruses Study
8.21.2020
Animal Health
Alert: Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD) Detected in Los
Angeles County
8.6.2020
For
more information about RHD, click here.
Animal
Health Alert: Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD) Detected in
California
7.9.2020
For
more information about RHD, click here.
Animal
Health Alert: Confirmation of COVID-19 in Two Pet Cats in
New York
4.23.2020
To
view the USDA Press Release, click
here
.
Animal Health Alert: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Guidance
for Veterinarians
4.17.2020
To
view the LAC Department of Public Health Guidance for
Veterinary Practice Personnel, click
here
.
Animal Health
Update: Public Health Outreach to Veterinary Practices &
2017 Animal Disease Report
12.13.19
To
view the 2019 Veterinary Public Health Manual, click
here
.
To
view the 2017 Animal Disease Report, click
here
.
Animal
Health Update: Update on Rabid Bats in LA County
6.12.2019
For
information about rabid bats in 2020, click
here.
Local Animal
Disease: Canine Schistosomiasis in 2 LA County Dogs
3.12.2019
Animal Disease
Outbreak: Virulent Newcastle Disease Regional Quarantine
Affecting Bird Owners
2.27.2019
For
up to date information about this topic, visit the CDFA
website
here.
VND
Regional Quarantine Effective
2.27.19
VND
Regional Quarantine Map
2.27.19
VND Update: Quarantine Boundaries Modified in Southern
California
2.27.19
Legal News:
Required Submission of Rabies Vaccination Certificates to
Animal Control Agencies
1.14.2019
For
more information about this topic, click
here.
Last updated: November 15, 2024
