Last week’s most read post
- Alert! Highly pathogenic avian influenza now identified in 13 states and counting. Link.
Last week’s AHD Bulletin
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, Thursday, February 24, 2022. Link.
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Fake meat is bleeding money
Source: PORK, February 23, 2022. Link. “Beyond Meat has been lauded as a disruptor that was going to change the meat market entirely, putting animal protein out of business . . . It seems the more faux meat they sell the more faux money they make,” says Garrett Duyck.
How to love your job according to science
Source: Fast Company, February 28, 2022. Link. The author shares factors you can control, and you should rationally aspire to influence, in order to be more satisfied with your job and career.
Design an office that people want to come back to
Source: Harvard Business Review, January 24, 2022. Link. For younger workers, the office is as much a place to learn and socialize as it is a place to meet deadlines.
WSU study: Viagra can help dogs with fatal eating disorder
Source: KOIN-TV (Portland, Ore.), via AVMA SmartBrief. February 21, 2022. Link. Sildenafil, the generic version of Viagra, could be the long-awaited remedy for a group of dogs with a rare disorder called megaesophagus, according to WSU.
Defining bird languages
Source: Knowable Magazine, February 15, 2022. Link. Both birdsongs and language are passed culturally to later generations through vocal learning. Geographically distant populations of the same bird species can make small tweaks to their songs over time, eventually resulting in a new dialect. This process is similar in some ways to how humans develop different accents, dialects and languages.