Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, October 15, 2026. Link.☑
Most read posts from October 15th AHD Bulletin –
- Study: The State of AI in Veterinary Medicine. Link.
- Malone: Paint a picture. Your clients will remember it. Link.
- Wharton’s 2026 AI Adoption Report: the Adaptive Advantage. Link.
- Reminder: Some foods we eat can kill dogs. Link.
- Choanal swab technique essential for disease surveillance in birds. Link.
- CATalyst Council Q3: Cat clinical visits grow 2.7 percent. Link.
- Fear Free for Felines introductory course for members. Link.
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Let lifestyle, not celebrities, guide choice of pet
Source: Steve Dale Pet World, October 11, 2026. Link. Jen Quammen, DVM, and Steve Dale discuss choosing the right pet and the effect of celebrity pet choices. Bottom line: help pet owners choose a pet that fits their lifestyle, not Taylor Swift’s.
Lamentations of a dog owner; chapter 7, pilling a dog (video)
Source: MESH Objective, Facebook. Link. [0:56] Craig Westhoff offers a comical perspective on pilling a dog. Enjoy.
How much rain can a hurricane make, and does the storm size matter?
Source: The Conversation, October 12, 2026. Link. Hurricanes that move slowly or nearly stop along their path usually cause the biggest rainfall problems because their rain keeps falling over the same location. The rain may be just as intense in a fast-moving hurricane, but it doesn’t stick around as long. So, a hurricane can be large or small in size and still have a big impact, depending on how slowly it’s moving.
Raccoon facts that may be surprising
Source: Birds & Blooms, July 22, 2026. Link. Raccoons are strongly associated with cities and suburbs now, but that wasn’t always the case. One of the first known sightings of a raccoon in a city occurred in the 1920s, in Cincinnati, Ohio. They live throughout the continental United States, excluding certain regions in the Southwest where resources are scarce.
Zoom adds ‘proof of human’ badges to show you’re not a deepfake
Source: Cointelegraph, October 19, 2026. Link. Zoom enterprise customers will now be able to see “proof of human” badges to verify that people appearing on video calls are real, after a global rollout of biometric identity technology from World. The rollout follows incidents involving AI-generated impersonation.
10 most stressful U.S. airports, ranked by delays and cancellations
Source: Quartz, October 8, 226. Link. A new ranking scores busy U.S. airports on delays, cancellations and distance from downtown to find the most stressful ones: #1. Dallas/Ft Worth, #2. Chicago O’Hare, #3. Ronald Reagan Washington National.
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