Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, December 31, 2025. Link.
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Top 10 AAHA Trends articles of 2025
Source: AAHA Trends, December 24, 2025. Link. Trends’ first all-digital year was packed daily with news and features. It will be interesting to see how the AAHA Board’s vision for the future of veterinary medicine plays out <Link>.
AKC adds 3 new dog breeds to registry
Source: Associated Press, December 30, 2025. Link. Three more dog breeds joined the American Kennel Club’s roster of recognized breeds on Tuesday, making them eligible for many U.S. dog shows: a) basset fauve de Bretagne, b) Teddy Roosevelt terrier and c) Russian tsvetnaya bolonka. The AKC now recognizes 205 breeds.
Pecking is a full-body exercise for woodpeckers
Source: Scientific American, January 2, 2026. Link. Studying Downy Woodpeckers scientists discovered the birds activate every muscle from the head to the tail to generate forces more than 30 times their own weight and drill up to 13 times a second.