Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, January 15, 2024. Link.
Most read post(s) from the January 25th AHD Bulletin –
- Develop an opportunity mindset. Link.
- How dogs understand time. Link.
- An update on multi-drug-resistant parasites in horses. Link.
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8 Pet supply, service businesses on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 List
Source: Pet Product News, January 2024. Link. Pet Supplies Plus, Dogtopia, Wild Birds Unlimited, EarthWise Pet, Zoom Room, Aussie Pet Mobile, Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming, Camp Bow Wow and DoodyCalls were acknowledged in the listing.
Precautions urged for avian flu
Source: Western Farm Press, January 24, 2024. Link. UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine offers tips to protect domestic poultry and redouble biosecurity efforts. Infected waterfowl shed the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in their feces and respiratory secretions, where the virus can remain viable for months in the environment.
Illuminating the benefits of laser therapy in veterinary medicine
Source: DVM 360, January 15, 2024, Link. Laser therapy can decrease pain, support post-operative recovery, and restore function in limbs that may have been impacted by disease or trauma according to Tom Walsh, DVM, CCRP, MBA. He shares when and where laser therapy may provide benefits to a veterinary patient’s quality of life.
New method to remove methane from air
Source: National Hog Farmer, December 18, 2023. Link. Could it be? Using light and chlorine to eradicate low-concentration methane from the air, researchers say the result gets us closer to being able to remove greenhouse gases from livestock housing, biogas production plants and wastewater treatment plants to benefit the climate. We can hope.
A dog on your lap at the dentist? ‘Yes, please.’
Source: The Washington Post, January 30, 2024. Link. When Zaiger, 61, showed up for her hygiene appointment in downtown Minneapolis, she reclined in the dentist’s chair and Ollie, a fluffy, 80-pound English golden doodle, hopped on to her lap and spread across her legs.
Is the mysterious canine respiratory disease still a thing or was it ever?
Source: Chats with the Chatfields, YouTube, January 23, 2024. Link. Drs Jen and Jason discuss the news and science around the mysterious respiratory infections prevalent in the news in late 2023.
