Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, April 18, 2024. Link.
Most read post(s) from the April 18th AHD Bulletin –
- NAAVR launched to elevate, support veterinary client service pros. Link.
- Solitude. Link.
- Top beef cow counties in the U.S. Link.
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Scientists say animal consciousness needs a rethink
Source: Nature, April 19, 2024. Link. Many birds and mammals behave in ways that suggest they might be conscious. Beyond vertebrates, researchers are expanding their investigations of consciousness to a wider range of animals, including octopuses and even bees and flies.
Rendering is recycling
Source: Feedstuffs, April 19, 2024. Link. April 21st was National Rendering Day which celebrates the sustainable nature of the rendering industry and its contributions to food waste and loss prevention, and environmental protection and sustainability. As much as 50 percent of animals are not consumed by humans so rendering recycles what would have been waste. The processes convert what would have been food waste into material for use in a multitude of new products such as nutritious pet food and animal feed, industrial goods, and biomass-based diesel.
Celebrating Temple Grandin, PhD
Source: Successful Farming, April 16, 2024. Link. Gene Johnson shares some of the questions he asked Grandin in a recent interview marveling at her influence on how we handle animals and dealing with autism. She shared, “Now, we seem to favor mathematical thinkers and not visual thinkers like myself. That is a mistake.”
People think ‘old age’ starts later than it used to, study finds
Source: American Psychological Association, April 22, 2024. Link. If you think 50 is the new 40 … or 60 is the new 50 … or 70 is the new 60 … and so on, you are not alone.
The real reason to remove your laptop for airport security
Source: Daily Passport. Link. It’s imperative to remove your laptop at airport security for one simple reason: The battery and other mechanical components are too dense for many X-ray machines to penetrate and essentially it creates a solid barrier that obscures other items in the luggage.
