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 prevention. Link.
- More than half of U.S. pet owners skip, decline needed vet care. Link.
- Sales reps are struggling: 10 ugly truths sales leaders must address. Link.
- Sporotrichosis identified in cats, veterinary technician. Link.
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10 things the TSA wants you to know
Source: Daily Passport. Link. Marissa Kozma shares tips to make TSA security screening go better at airports. Being prepared helps keep things moving.
Chewy Autoship accounted for 80 percent of sales in Q-4-24
Source: Digital 360, March 31, 2025. Link. Noting 20.5 million active customers, Chewy reported its growth in Autoship customer sales outpaced overall top-line growth, increasing by 21 percent in the fourth quarter and nearly 11 percent for the full year 2024.
Cow wearables helping to track animals’ health and breeding
Source: Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2025. Link. The use of these internet-connected monitoring devices represents the growth of so-called precision technologies in farming. The objective is to better manage individual animals in a herd without needing as much manual labor and detect irregular patterns that could indicate disease.
FDA announces new drug for treating white spot disease in ornamental pet fish
Source: Pet Age, April 8, 2025. Link. The FDA is adding Faunamor to its Index of Legally Marketed Unapproved New Animal Drugs for Minor Species, making it the only legal drug currently on the market to treat white spot disease, also known as Ich. Faunamor is an antiparasitic and antimicrobial that contains three active ingredients: methylthionine chloride, malachite green oxalate and acriflavine chloride immersion solution.
