Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, May 4th, 2023. Link.
Most read post(s) from May 4th AHD Bulletin –
Place keeper: 2023 Veterinary Conferences provided by Galaxy Vets. Link.
3 ways VMG is different from other veterinary membership organizations
Source: Veterinary Management Groups, May 6, 2023. Link. Matthew Salois, PhD, shares how VMG serves its members with group collaboration, leadership training, and professionally facilitated meetings to help them become better veterinary professionals and provide better care to their patients.
Interactive map: Top 5 most common insect and animal in every US state
Source: USA Today: May 7, 2023. Link. Non-native plants, animals, algae, fungus, or disease-causing microorganisms are capable of causing severe damage to the economy, environment and human health, once they invade enough area outside their normal habitat, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
New Covid origins data suggests pandemic linked to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market (video)
Source: NBC News, March 17, 2023. Link. The search for Covid-19 origins continues. Raccoon dog DNA may indicate wildlife origins versus the lab biosecurity breach theory.
Pet insurance industry enjoys a record year
Source: Today’s Veterinary Business, May 8, 2023. Link. Nearly 5 million U.S. pets were covered in 2022 as policy sales topped $3.2 billion.
. . . owners of insured pets are more likely to bring their pets in for regular shots, checkups and emergency treatment, as well as to follow the recommendations of their veterinarian.” – Kristen Lynch
Should horse racing be banned?
Source: The Week, May 9, 2023. Link. The death of seven horses in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby has reenergized the debate and controversies around horse racing.
A frightening virus is killing a massive number of wild birds
Source: Vox, May 9, 2003. Link. In the past two years, a viral disease has swept across much of the planet – not Covid but a type of avian flu. It’s devastated the poultry industry in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, sickening millions of farmed birds, which either die from infection or are killed by farmers seeking to stemp the spread.
Avian flu outbreaks in marine mammals mark new era for virus
Source: YaleEnvironment360, May 4, 2023. Link. Marine biologists are bracing for potential marine mammal infections with high path avian flu after last summer’s loss of 330 harbor and gray seals indicated mammal to mammal transmission of a virulent H5N1 strain in Maine.