Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, June 20, 2024. Link.
Most read post(s) from the June 20th AHD Bulletin –
- Cat acne: causes, signs, treatment. Link.
- 6 myths about cooling horses in hot weather. Link.
- Cheese now drives dairy growth. Link.
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Sitting is the new smoking. Get off your backside!
Source: The Edge, February 24, 2023. Link. Includes commercial content. Brianna Lapolla shares the consequences of sitting too much and offers some ways to counteract those effects including standing desks which may help us live longer.
Three things pretty much guarantee greater risks when sitting 10 hours per day: heart disease, obesity and diabetes. All leading causes of death in the U.S.”
Caitlin Clark’s lesson in emotional intelligence
Source: Inc., June 18, 2024. Link. WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark knows there’s a target on her, and she knows that it doesn’t do a lot of good to get upset about it. Focusing on being at her best means not getting pushed off her game figuratively or literally despite some feisty contact from time to time.
Comfort is the enemy of achievement
Source: John P. Weiss. Link. Sharing some humor about cats, Weiss asserts the necessity of becoming comfortable with the uncomfortable to grow and achieve in life. He shares why everything of value in our lives is the result of sacrifice, hard work and effort.
Why a pet’s death can hurt worse than losing a human loved one
Source: The Washington Post, June 25, 2004. Link. My first real pet was an auburn tabby named Lauren with a pinched face and puffy tail. I picked her up in Silver Spring, Md., in September 2021 and by the time we got to my house in D.C. 30 minutes later, I was completely in love.