Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, August 24, 2023. Link.
Most read post(s) from the August 24th AHD Bulletin –
- Quotes that epitomize Myers-Briggs types. Link.
- Customer experience thoughts for Link.
- The inside-out approach to customer centricity. Link.
Place keeper: 2023 Veterinary Conferences provided by Galaxy Vets. Link.
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Dexter, the dog who walks like a human
Source: CBS Evening News, Facebook, July 21, 2023. Link. Also see: Link. A car accident, damage to both front legs, surgeries, rehabilitation and a wheelchair didn’t stop Dexter from a miraculous transition to a bipedal life as a local pet celebrity in Ouray, Colorado.
What to do when it is time to say goodbye to a pet
Source: USA Today via Linked In, August 26, 2023. Link. Acknowledging Rainbow Remembrance Day, Saleen Martin interviewed Wendy Hauser, DVM, who shared her own experiences with pet loss, dealing with children, euthanasia and a video titled: Children Dealing with the Loss of a Pet, YouTube. Link. (11:00) Hauser is a special advisor to ASPCA® Pet Health Insurance, an AHD Sponsor.
‘Despair solves nothing’: How pilots in tiny planes are saving dogs from death
Source: Los Angeles Times, August 30, 2023. Link. Petra Janny nimbly climbs in and around her tiny 1973 Cherokee Piper airplane, preparing the crates inside to hold 17 dogs. She’s confident and clearly in control – she’s flown dozens of flights like these to save dogs from being killed in overcrowded shelters, but she has to move fast.
Making new use of an old test–Cortisol: creatinine ratio
Source: Clinician’s Brief, March 2023. Link. Urine cortisol:creatinine ratios aren’t just for Cushing’s anymore, says Katie Moynihan, DVM, previewing an article that covers UCCRs as excellent screening tests to rule out hypoadrenocorticism.
Why cats love tuna so much
Source: Science, August 25, 2023. Link. More than 6 percent of all wild-caught fish goes into cat food. Yet tuna is an odd favorite for an animal that evolved in the desert. Researchers say the biological explanation for this curious craving is because cat taste buds contain the receptors needed to detect umami which is in high concentration in tuna.
SUPERZOO 2023 achieves 10 percent surge in pet professional turnout
Source: Pet Age, August 24, 2023. Link. From August 16-18, the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas welcomed nearly 18,000 pet professionals — a 10 percent increase over 2022 — from 84 countries and 50 states. Among them were over 10,000 key decision-makers, representing a six percent increase from the previous year.
