Last week’s AHD Bulletin – Animal Health Digest Bulletin, April 17, 2024. Link. Most read posts from April 17, 2025 AHD Bulletin – Pain in dairy cattle: a narrative review. Link. Your part in heartworm … Continue Reading
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Darwin’s Ark , Hill’s Pet Nutrition, research partners to explore cats’ genetic code
By AHD Staff Source: Darwin’s Ark, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Reuters
To advance one of the most ambitious feline genetics initiatives to date, Darwin’s Ark, Hill’s Pet Nutrition , and leading research institutions are combining their unique expertise to advance community-powered research to … Continue Reading
Minnesota Association of Veterinary Technicians Veterinary Technician licensure bill passed
This groundbreaking legislation moves Minnesota into the list of states regulating the veterinary technician profession. By establishing this higher standard, licensure not only enhances the credibility and recognition of … Continue Reading

Tractor Supply launches service to streamline pet prescriptions
By AHD Staff Source: retailtouch points
Tractor Supply launched Tractor Supply Rx in a bid to enhance convenience for customers ordering pet and animal medications. Its features include automatic delivery through the Autoship program, access to expert pharmacy … Continue Reading

Livestock producers, veterinarians urged to consider and manage Q fever zoonotic risk
By AHD Curators Source: BEEF Bulletin, NCBI
Q fever is a highly contagious zoonotic disease caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii, which infects cattle, goats, and sheep. It is found in an infected animal’s bodily fluids and excretions, such as placental tissues, … Continue Reading

Tick-borne pathogen threats to U.S. cattle operations
By AHD Curators Source: Beef
Serving as a reminder for cattle producers and their veterinarians, this article urges staying alert for signs of tick infestation within their herds. The authors say early diagnostic testing at the first sign of a suspect … Continue Reading

Environmental management is key when dealing with equine asthma
By AHD Curators Source: Paulick Report
Call it the heaves, inflammatory airway disease or recurrent airway obstruction, equine asthma occurs when horses are hypersensitive to dust and mold in their environment. A two-fold approach with medication and environmental … Continue Reading

Ticks are a concern in cats, too
By Kirk Augustine Source: Today's Veterinary Practice
Commentary After a jaunt in my suburban backyard I noted a deer tick on my sock. While checking for additional ticks on me and the dog, a neighborhood free-range cat jumped the fence in search of a field mouse, mole or … Continue Reading

90 percent of animal owners trust, appreciate veterinary teams; underestimate the demands of the profession
By Kirk Augustine Source: Boehringer-Ingelheim, GlobeNewsWire
Boehringer Ingelheim’s Going Beyond campaign seeks to spotlight aspects of veterinary work that often remain unseen and underrecognized. Compiled ahead of World Veterinary Day, the most recent global survey results reveal … Continue Reading

April 25th. National hairball awareness day
By AHD Staff Source: National Today
That distinctive cough, followed by gagging and finally wretching, is familiar to most cat owners. National Hairball Day was founded to provide solutions to cat owners and help them understand why their cats get hairballs. … Continue Reading

New guide to choosing a pet boarding facility
By Kirk Augustine Source: Dr Jen the Vet, LinkedIn, Merck Animal Health, Virox Animal Health
Choosing a pet boarding facility can be difficult. Social media reviews help identify potential problem locations, but having a strategic approach to choices is beneficial. Jenifer Chatfield, DVM, Dipl. ACZM, Dipl. ACVPM, … Continue Reading
IBPSA Fast Bites – April 21, 2025
Tariffs, taxes and grants for small businesses, pet food recall map, marketing in niche communities, legislative updates and more . . . Source: IBPSA, April 21, 2025. Link. … Continue Reading

Gratitude comes with benefits. How to practice it when times are stressful.
By AHD Staff Source: The Conversation
At the best of times, awareness of the positive may require more effort than noticing the negative, let alone in times of heightened distress, writes Monica Y. Bartlett, Ph.D. She shares two proven ways to practice … Continue Reading
Attention to detail matters
By Kirk Augustine Source: Strategy+Business
Whether curiosity and attention to detail are innate or not, Adam Bryant asserts the importance of developing these skills. It is about being professional, he says. This is especially important when it comes to … Continue Reading
Selling the emotion
By Patrick T. Malone Source: Veterinary Advantage
Pet owners don’t see their animals as “just pets.” They’re family. They worry about their dog’s arthritis, their cat’s weight gain, and whether their rabbit is secretly plotting world domination. Source: Veterinary … Continue Reading