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- Beef upcycles well. It’s a great story we all can share. Link.
. . . AHD Bulletin
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin – October 28, 2021. Link.
Culling moose in Maine to control ticks
Source: Wall Street Journal, November 1, 2021. Link to PDF. To save Maine’s moose population from being decimated by ticks, biologists are piloting herd culling to determine if less moose equals less ticks.
FDA warns veterinarians that some imported medical gloves aren’t safe
Source: AAHA NEWStat, November 1, 2021. Link. The FDA listed the names of 270 different firms on an import alert list and declared that any gloves manufactured by those firms and imported to the US are subject to seizure without physical examination.
Authoritative parents offer the best parenting style say psychologists
Source: CNBC, October 5, 2021. Link. Research indicates that authoritative parenting is ranked highly in several ways: Academic, social-emotional and behavioral. Similar to authoritarian parents, authoritative parents expect a lot from their children but they expect even more from their own behavior.
Put yourself first. You can’t pour from an empty cup.
Source: Daily Motivation, October 6, 2021. Link. Some people misinterpret it when you say, “put yourself first” to mean “be selfish”. It doesn’t mean that you are self-absorbed and don’t care about other people, but that you have healthy boundaries.
Hairballs and cat gut health: what you need to know
Source: Animal Wellness, August 24, 2021. Link. A brief discussion of feline microbiome, cat hair, overgrooming and gut motility.
20 words Merriam-Webster is adding to the dictionary in 2021
Source: Mental Floss, October 29, 2021. Link. The lexicographers working for Merriam-Webster aren’t snobs about words. They understand better than anyone that a language is constantly evolving, and even the silliest slang deserves a spot in the dictionary if it’s used widely enough.