Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, October 3, 2024. Link.
Most read posts from the October 3rd AHD Bulletin –
- “Social license to operate” topic drives equine gathering agenda. Link.
- Probiotics, prebiotics for feline digestive health. Link.
- Non-antibiotic approaches to canine recurrent UTIs. Link.
- Plain speak matters. Link.
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Elanco receives FDA Approval for Credelio Quattro™ (lotilaner, moxidectin, praziquantel, and pyrantel chewable tablets)
Source: ELANCO, October 7, 2024. Link. The company expects the monthly chewable drug to be available in early 2025 for dogs that are at least 8 weeks old to protect against six types of parasites (fleas, ticks, heartworms), and three risky intestinal parasites (roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms). Credelio Quattro is the first FDA-approved parasiticide product with four active ingredients.
Chilean scientists develop reversible dog neutering vaccine
Source: Reuters, October 4, 2024. Link. Veterinarian Leonardo Saenz has developed an immunocastration vaccine called Egalitte. It works by blocking the hormone in charge of reproduction and is reversible.
Wondering if your pet is happy? They’re already telling you.
Source: The Washington Post, October 7, 2024. Link. It happens at least once in every pet owner’s life: you look into your animal companion’s eyes and wonder what they’re not telling you. Pets are members of our families, but they can’t speak to us to say they’re in a good mood, or that their stomach hurts today or they’re feeling lonely.
Strokes are on the rise and these are the reasons why
Source: National Geographic, October 3, 2024. Link. The biggest risk factor for stroke is the same in every country in the world and it is the easiest to reverse. Stroke can happen at any age and is the third leading cause of death globally. Stroke is on the rise across all age groups with high blood pressure responsible for a little over half of all strokes, according to a new study in the Lancet Neurology. About one in 10 people worldwide die from stroke.
National Weather Service revises watch, warning and advisory products for cold
Source: National Weather Service, October 1, 2024. Link. . . . So as we prepare for the frigid wind chills and sub-freezing temperatures that winter can bring, NOAA’s National Weather Service is simplifying a suite of cold weather forecast products to improve messaging of winter hazards and provide better decision support.
Learn from the old to create something new
Source: The Knowledge, August 26, 2024. Link. There is no expectation that you will discover the unencountered, writes David Elikwu. He says, “A counterintuitive truth is that the best way to make something new is to understand something old.”
