Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, September 4, 2025. Link.
Most read posts from September 4, 2025 AHD Bulletin –
- A habit of daily learning pays off. Link.
- A customer is a transaction. A client is a relationship. Link.
- 2025 AAHA One Health guidelines: Navigating cross-disciplinary partnerships. Link.
- New World screwworm webinar recordings now available. Link.
- National Pet Health Insurance month is here. Link.
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Rare: Hummingbirds spotted feeding after dark in KC Corridor
Source: A-Z Animals US. Link. Surprising this writer, a pair of hummingbirds was seen at feeders at 9:00 p.m. on September 7th. Nighttime feeding is rare as the video linked here explains. The hummingbird migration is underway <Link>.
These colleges are welcoming pets in dorms to reduce students’ stress and anxiety
Source: Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2025. Link. Crossing paths with dogs, cats and other animals is part of campus life for students at Eckerd College, a liberal arts school in Florida that allows pets to live in dormitories.
Why wet dogs have a wet dog smell?
Source: Britannica. Link. Yeast and bacteria that live in dog fur regularly release volatile compounds as they live out their lives on our canine pets. When mixed with water, some of those chemicals become pungent as the water evaporates from the fur and the compounds become airborne.
Why do we get hangry?
Source: The Scientist, August 17, 2025. Link. Though there’s a mechanistic link between hunger and mood. Kristen Lindquist, PhD, thinks that rather than hunger driving anger, hunger makes a person view the world more negatively. Her brain imaging of hungry humans showed activation of emotion regulatory regions like the amygdala, insula and cingulate cortex.