Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, September 5, 2024. Link.
Most read posts from the September 5th AHD Bulletin –
- A priest, a drunk and a business leader meet and . . . Link.
- Wildlife decision tree helps clinic staff deal with wildlife properly. Link.
- New guidance for AMR gram-negative infections. Link.
- Swine producers, veterinarians learning from the POMP. Link.
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State-of-the-art techniques to reduce climate-warming cow methane
Source: The Cattle Site, September 4, 2024. Link. New climate-controlled animal respiration stalls in the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – the only ones currently operating in the US – will allow researchers to definitively measure, verify and monitor methane and other gas emissions from cows. This information will support a slate of investigations aimed at improving the sustainability and productivity of farms around the world.
When is it appropriate to use abbreviations?
Source: Word Genius, December 12, 2023. Link. As our communications become more digitized, more informal patterns of speech and writing have crept in. The rule that remains steadfast in questions of both style and etiquette is to use only widely known abbreviations known by the recipient . . . the same goes for emojis.
Can you outsmart a raccoon?
Source: Atlas Obscura, August 30, 2024. Link. (video) Call them masked bandits, trash pandas or a nuisance; raccoons are persistent, adaptable and consistently find ways to unlock, tip over and open places we don’t want them. With populations thriving, raccoons were the focus of a research project detailed in July in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences and one of several recent examples of our changing understanding of raccoon intelligence <Link>.
Crows are even smarter than we thought
Source: Nautilus, August 28, 2024. Link. Researchers found that a species of crow called the hooded crow can manage a mental feat we once thought was unique to humans: to memorize the shape and size of an object after it is taken away and to reproduce one like it.
2024 fall foliage map for leaf-peeping enthusiasts
Source: Fast Company, September 2, 2024. Link. Depending on where you are in the country determines when you can expect to see fall foliage. Two primary factors control the timing: daylight and temperature. A fall foliage map helps predict when to plan a trip to enjoy the colorful deciduous displays.
