Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, April 20th, 2023. Link.
Most read post(s) from April 20th AHD Bulletin –
- Enhancing your customers’ experiences. Link.
Place keeper: 2023 Veterinary Conferences provided by Galaxy Vets. Link.
Study says U.S. unprepared for dangers posed by zoonotic diseases
Source: Vet Candy, February 13, 2023. Link. An analysis by researchers at Harvard Law School and New York University indicates the United States is not prepared for future spread of animal-borne, or zoonotic, diseases due to gaps among governmental agencies designed to combat these threats.
How to stop the bird flu outbreak from becoming a pandemic
Source: Mint, March 3, 2023. Link. If a pandemic were to occur, we need tools available to combat the disease, including approved human vaccines against avian flu and the use of antiviral drugs.
Six cattle found dead in Texas with their tongues missing
Source: The New York Times, April 23, 2023. Link. In what could be a plot from an episode of “The X-Files,” the authorities are investing the mysterious deaths in three Texas counties of six cattle that were found with their tongues missing.
What young workers miss without the “power of proximity”
Source: The New York Times, April 24, 2023. Link. At least 10 times a day, Erika Becker, who works as a sales development manager at a technology company called Verkada, turns to her boss with questions. “Did I handle that correctly?” she asks. “What could I have done better?”
U.S. food waste estimates bring call for action
Source: Feedstuffs, April 21, 2023. Link. ReFED estimates the value of food that went unsold or uneaten was $444 billion in 2021. The waste contributes nearly 6% of the country’s annual greenhouse gas emissions emissions, uses 22%of U.S. freshwater and 16% of cropland.