Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, February 29, 2024. Link.
Most read post(s) from the February 29th AHD Bulletin –
- Tax benefits of hiring your children, plus IRS rules to follow. Link.
- Are veterinarians obligated to discuss pet insurance? (podcast). Link.
- Managing online reviews. Link.
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Innovation possible with small changes, not revolution
Source: inside small business, February 28, 2024. Link. Innovation isn’t necessarily about revolution. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel or create the next Google. Even minor changes that deliver a positive alternative to the same old approach are innovative.
Avian flu adapting to spread to marine mammals
Source: Feedstuffs, March 4, 2024. Link. The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 has adapted to spread between birds and marine mammals, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, and the National Institute of Agricultural Technology in Argentina. Scientists collected brain samples from four sea lions, one fur seal and a tern found dead at a sea lion rookery in Argentina. All tested positive for H5N1.
Beyond steak and burgers, beef by-products operate in separate markets
Source: Drovers, March 5, 2024. Link. By-products are a significant value component for the cattle and beef industry. Economist Darrell Peel shares how edible offals, inedible offals, meat, bone and blood meal, edible and inedible tallow, hides, and more derive value in the overall beef industry.
It’s not just you. Eggshells really are chipping more.
Source: Business Insider, March 1, 2024. Link. Over the past few months, more and more often when I went to crack an egg, I’d get a piece of shell into the bowl or pan, forcing me to fish it out with my finger (one of the worst tasks in cooking – maybe even worse than doing dishes).
PFAS no longer sold in US to grease-proof pet food bags
Source: PETFOOD Industry, March 1, 2024. Link. Manufacturers use thousands of PFAS, in products ranging from pet food bags to ammunition, climbing ropes, guitar strings and artificial turf. On pet food bags and containers, PFAS can help the bags’ resist moisture, fats and oils. In the works since 2020, the USDA announced that grease-proofing materials containing certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are no longer being sold for use in food packaging in the U.S., including pet food bags <Link>.
