Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, August 1, 2024. Link.
Most read posts from the August 1st AHD Bulletin –
- The state of allyship in animal health. Link.
- Stop chasing vanity metrics. Link.
- Some change is necessary, some inevitable, stability is critical. Link.
- The chemistry behind the smell of wet dogs. Link.
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Minnesota sees rabies spike due to infected skunks
Source: KTTC Rochester, August 4, 2024. Link. Striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) are a reservoir species for rabies in Minnesota and a range covering most of the continental United States including suburban areas. Rabies spreads at low levels within skunk populations making the Minnesota incidence report a good reminder for all animal health pros.
First human Leptospirosis case reported in Wyoming in 40 years
Source: IDSE, August 5, 2024. Link. The case highlights the importance of a One Health approach when dealing with zoonotic diseases and events.
Because of the potential for dogs to spread the illness to both other dogs and people, all dogs should be vaccinated, even if they live in a geographic location where leptospirosis is less common.” – Brittney Waranius, DVM of the CDC
New vet school open for applications
Source: SRUC, July 5, 2024. Link. As only the third veterinary school in Scotland and the first in over 150 years, the SRUC School of Veterinary Medicine will use innovative teaching methods to prepare students for work in the increasingly important rural mixed practice, agricultural and food sectors.
Your tipping habits might be ruffling more feathers than you think.
Source: FINANCEBUZZ, July 18, 2024. Link. It’s difficult to know exactly how much you should tip, but the authors say 15 percent is considered the minimum, not the average and filling in the tip line on the receipt is important. Plus 10 other tipping tips.
Considerations when building a pole barn or barndominium
Source: Wisconsin Agriculturist, July 15, 2024. Link. Commercial Content. If you’re thinking about purchasing a pole barn or building a barndominium, be sure you ask if the roofing system in question has undergone UL 580 safety testing. The wind is always looking for somewhere to go. So, when it hits an object like a pole barn and can’t push through it, that wind will move in different directions often creating wind uplift against the roof overhang.
