Last week’s most read post
- Customers speak with their wallets; beef producers can’t ignore the results. Link.
Last week’s AHD Bulletin
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, Thursday, February 17, 2022. Link.
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UK’s veterinary workforce crisis deepens; registrants drop by over two-thirds
Source: British Veterinary Association, February 23, 2022. Link. BVA is highlighting a storm of workforce shortages following a drop in new EU registrants and a huge rise in demand for export health certificates.
P.E.I. calf born from embryo frozen over two decades ago (video)
Source: SALTWIRE, February 19, 2022. Link. Winnie, a beef calf, is from an embryo produced in 1999. Winnie is one of 44 calves born from embryos captured from Winnie Sr. over the years, with the latest calf before now being born in 2005.
7-foot, 7-inch eastern indigo snake found, celebrated in Georgia
Source: PennLive, February 20, 2022. Link. Impressive lengths for indigo snakes are increasingly rare “due to habitat loss and persecution by humans . . . the nonvenomous species has been eradicated in Mississippi and Alabama . . . ”
How not getting enough sleep is killing you
Source: TED conferences, Matt Walker, January 24, 2022. Link. In a deep dive into the science of slumber, Walker shares the wonderfully good things that happen when you get sleep and the bad things that happen when you don’t.