The AHD Bulletin welcomes Jim Whitt as a contributor to our team. Jim is a professional people provoker and one who believes and lives the transformational power of purpose. Source: Animal Health Digest. Jim helps people reach their full potential scientifically, psychologically and spiritually. We have no doubt you’ll enjoy and benefit from his contributions. Reach him … [Read more...]
The world needs you to love reading
Niklas Göke is young, a German grad student and prolific contributor to Medium. In this post, he addresses the importance of reading and the need to fight to read even when you enjoy it. Explaining his perspective on reading and its link to culture he writes, Despite both the subjective and objective evidence, the demise of reading is not a very public issue. In the age of new … [Read more...]
Heed new pinkeye management protocols
Articles from AHD sponsor Addison Biological Laboratories provide information about how we should now manage pinkeye. Starting with a historical perspective helps. This is what we know: Pinkeye is a painful cattle disease that can reduce weaning weights as much as 17 lbs. to 65 lbs. per animal. Pinkeye is a multifactor disease. Once it begins to spread through a … [Read more...]
Trim dogs’ toenails in a stress-free way
Searching “dog nail trimming” on Google reveals a plethora of information. Most of it focuses on our reluctance to routinely trim nails because of unruly animals or the fear of cutting into the quick. Dr. Karen Gellman reminds us that long toenails have consequences on the pet: Long toenails cause painful feet Overgrown nails often create an abnormal compensatory … [Read more...]
Presenting euthanasia as a reasonable option may benefit DVMs, owners and pets
Euthanasia and end-of-life considerations are predictable stressors for veterinary professionals, says Katherine Goldberg, DVM. What follows is a rational and strategic discussion of euthanasia from both the DVMs’ perspectives and the pet owners. She thoughtfully suggests we rethink euthanasia from something we must or should consider to something we might or could … [Read more...]
Prevent lameness in dairy cows
Recent research findings published in the Journal of Dairy Science suggest that lameness prevention merits a strong focus on dairy farms. Michael Cox reviews the prevention issues and opportunities. Source: American Dairymen, April 2018, page 14. Like many animal health issues, lameness is a multi-factorial problem. Dairymen need to review their facilities and people … [Read more...]
Create a growth culture, not a performance-possessed one
Tony Schwartz discusses the challenges of performance cultures, the impact on employees and challenges to sustaining success. Instead he advocates a growth culture that blends individual and organizational components: An environment that feels safe, fueled first by top by leaders willing to demonstrate vulnerability and take personal responsibility for their shortcomings … [Read more...]
Back-to-back conventions offer learning and conversation opportunities
Convention season is here. Many industry personnel will be crisscrossing the country for convention activities, continuing education, customer interactions or group meetings aligned with the events. The same is true for AHD team members. Rick Purnell, AHD editor will join AHD founder/president, Kirk Augustine at the Cattle Industry Convention and Trade show January 31 … [Read more...]
Opinion – Eliminating declaws adds nail challenges
First, I support eliminating declaw surgeries. I’ve been there, done that and wished I hadn’t. But, indoor cats just don’t wear down claws as easily as indoor/outdoor or outdoor-only cats. During a recent visit with a Ceva colleague, I asked about nail trimming guidance beyond the benefits of FELISCRATCH™ and dedicated scratching poles. We did a quick Google search and I was … [Read more...]
Clicks matter
We are excited to capture the content and ideas that shape our daily conversations and objectives in the animal health industry for an exciting new year. Thanks to cooperation from our Founder’s Circle companies and sponsors, we now read and analyze material for an audience of more than 20,000 animal health professionals. For AHD, an animal health professional is any employed … [Read more...]
Editor’s Viewpoint
There is clarity as AHD begins its third year. This lucidity that is there is an equal, enthusiastic desire for solid industry information by entry level clinic clerks to extended-career executives. You tell us this when you click on posts, read articles and send us emails. Your ongoing readership helps guide the media sources we review for you. You’ve encouraged us to … [Read more...]
Getting along with others: popular posts with animal health pros
After peppering some human-to human-interaction posts in the AHD BULLETIN early 2017, we learned that animal health pros are just as interested in getting along with each other and clients as they are with keeping animals healthy. In fact, this reality added more than 20 media sources for our team to scour routinely. Source: Animal Health Digest, July-December 2017. Facing … [Read more...]
Most popular posts: animal topics and issues
AHD was founded to support animal health pros with content in the context of how they interact with animals and animal owners. Articles posted in this genre’ remain the most opened posts of all categories. Seven posts topped the opened metrics in the last two quarters of 2017. Topics like these become support materials during sales calls with representatives as well as topics … [Read more...]
Pat Malone’s posts: highly favored
Posts written by AHD’s weekly contributor, Pat Malone, are consistently opened at a high rate. He writes about leadership and productive communication. We all thank Mr. Malone for sharing his expertise, leadership and training experiences. Most of all we appreciate his support and friendship. Source: Animal Health Digest, July-December 2017. We captured the eight most-opened … [Read more...]
Thanks for the feedback
Thank you so much for the feedback and messages last week when we celebrated our two-year milestone and 2000 posts. It is truly a pleasure to curate from 200-plus media sources to bring animal health professionals content that is relevant and actionable. Please share AHD freely with colleagues! Receiving the kudos and positive reinforcement makes our work even more … [Read more...]
Be part of the AHD team
A special thank you goes out to our contributors listed on the AHD site. Their ongoing work help keeps you informed and our offerings fresh. You can contribute to our weekly email once or on an ongoing basis. If you want us to look for specific topics, please email us from the “contact us” section of the site. Better yet, write up a short summary of an article or other media … [Read more...]
AHD subscriptions arrive at no cost to you
Our industry provides millions of dollars in advertising and content development in the media from which we curate. Your feedback tells us that providing this service to animal health pros at no charge helps you do your jobs better. Sponsors receive consideration for their brands and activities when published content relates to their portfolios. Source: Animal Health Digest, … [Read more...]
AHD website tools make content easy to use
For animal health pros who need to find a post for any reason, the AHD website has several tools to help find it: BULLETIN Archive, keeps the last 20 BULLETINs easy to find and reference “Search the site” on the upper right, uses familiar key word search methods to find a topic Sponsor and Founder’s Circle logos all link to the respective company’s … [Read more...]
AHD Sponsor and Founder’s Circle support recognized
Two sponsors have helped AHD from early in its development. We are grateful for the financial support from: Ceva Animal Health U.S. Addison Biological Laboratory, Inc. Our Founder’s Circle cooperators are pivotal to help grow the readership and reach of AHD. Many thanks to: American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) FORAYS, Inc. Innovetive Pet Care RPR … [Read more...]
2000 posts in 2 years: AHD celebrates anniversary
The Animal Health Digest teams offers a sincere “thank you” for your readership and support the past two years. Our mission to “read for the animal health industry” remains in place. Each week, we scour more than 200 print and digital media sources for information relevant to animal health professionals at all levels. Our selections are delivered Thursday mornings via email … [Read more...]
AHD Bulletin, shorter this week
We’ve spent the last five days engaged with animal health colleagues during the Global Animal Health week, KC Animal Health Corridor Homecoming and CVC Kansas City convention. Obviously, such activities reduce the time to curate materials for animal health pros. Our AHD Bulletin is shorter than usual this week. Many of the posts will be about the challenges of human … [Read more...]
Dealing with July 4th fireworks and dogs
It is time to remember pets as July 4th celebrations get booming. We’ve gathered several posts about dogs and fireworks so you can review and share with staff and clients. Source: Animal Health Digest. See the posts revealed when AHD is searched for fireworks. … [Read more...]
Editorial: Musings from WVC 2017
Returning home from the Western Veterinary Conference, I reflected that this year, the WVC was the comfortable veterinary conference. That is, comfortable compared to NAVC, which recently debuted in the vast Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. In past years, WVC seemed to tax our physical and time-management stamina. But, after the marathon hiking required during … [Read more...]
AHD welcomes the NAVTA membership
We are excited to announce that Animal Health Digest will now be made available to veterinary technicians/nurses each week by the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA). NAVTA executive board president Mary Berg and executive director Julie Legred will forward AHD’s weekly BULLETIN to its 15,000-plus members as a value-added service starting February … [Read more...]
Opinion – Jumpstart 2017
This is a short work week for many that may feel like three or four Mondays in a row as we return to normal routines. Consider what is ahead then schedule a staff or group meeting early next week to discuss some of the following: Attending industry conventions such as: NAVC, WVC, AAHA, NCBA Note that NAVC and WVC are later in the year. NAVC will be at a new venue … [Read more...]
One year already!
A year ago this week, the first Animal Health Digest Bulletin hit email inboxes of animal health professionals. Thanks to loyal subscribers and supportive sponsors, we now celebrate our first anniversary. Your feedback has been immensely helpful. It continues to guide the topics we cover and the media we monitor. Please keep it coming. Support from sponsors Ceva and Addison … [Read more...]
Innovetive Pet Care joins AHD Founder’s Circle
Animal Health Digest welcomes the hospitals owned by Innovetive Petcare that join us in bringing the latest animal health-related information to you. Dr. Karen Parker, director of marketing, understands the challenge of managing work-life balance, supporting employee growth and staying abreast of the unending stream of news that generates questions and concerns from animal … [Read more...]
Welcome Addison Biological Laboratory, Inc.
Animal Health Digest welcomes Addison Biological Laboratory, Inc., as a Supporting Sponsor. Headquartered in Fayette, Missouri, the company has manufactured and marketed exclusive veterinary technologies for more than 30 years. Founder J. Bruce Addison is recognized as a leader in veterinary diagnostics and herd-specific bacterin production. In addition, Addison companion … [Read more...]
What you’re reading on AHD
See what your colleagues are reading in the trending posts. Animal Health Digest is a free content curation service for animal health professionals. It provides a trusted, easy to read, weekly compilation of the most relevant industry topics. Instead of you getting offers from hundreds of media sources, our team reads for you to: keep you up to date save you time … [Read more...]
What’s trending at Animal Health Digest
Every market creates its version of the top five or 10 list. Our Animal Health Digest team uses views and clicks to understand what our subscribers read. The results shape the focus of what we “read for animal health professionals.” AHD is a free service for all levels of personnel in our industry. The AHD Bulletin is published weekly and delivered on Thursdays via email. We … [Read more...]