Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, April 23, 2026. Link.
Miss something? Here’s a link to all of April 2026 AHD posts. Link.
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The hardest-working staff at the airport? These two good boys.
Source: The Washington Post, April 26, 2026. Link. Five days a week, and sometimes weekends, the herding dogs punch the clock and go to work clearing birds and woodland creatures from the mountaintop airfield at CRW. Their job as “wildlife canines” is critical to protecting planes and passengers from potentially dangerous wildlife strikes.
If cats always choose you, you might have one of these 10 peculiar traits
Source: Jay Prehistoric Pets, February 23, 2026. Link. [Slides] Cats are deeply attuned to emotional energy, predictability, safety, and how well we respect their boundaries and communication, commented Kristin Wuhrman reviewing this article <Link>. “Connection matters, not just in the home, but in every part of how cats experiences care, comfort, and the world around them.”
APHIS updates guidance on interstate movement of dairy cows
Source: Feedstuffs, April 27, 2026. Link. Cattle moving from unaffected states no longer have to test for H5N1 avian influenza first.
Guarding the march of frogs and salamanders
Source: Grist, April 29, 2026. Link. Each year in New England, on the first warm, wet night of spring, when the ground has thawed, and the temperature is just right, armies of frogs and maelstroms of salamanders emerge from the woods. Dozens of people drop everything at a moment’s notice to help the amphibians migrate safely with coordination from the non-profit Maine Big Night.
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