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Research on aging a natural fit for One Health approach

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With today’s technological advancements, researchers are calling for a concerted effort to gather big data on aging dogs to benefit not only veterinary care, but also to inform human medicine, as dogs and humans share similar medical conditions as they age

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USDA awards $56M to support research on SARS-CoV-2 in animals

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Findings from the 36 research projects related to SARS-CoV-2 in animal populations that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is funding will inform an early warning system to prevent or reduce future zoonotic disease outbreaks.

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How do new veterinary graduates really feel about their student debt?

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The research aims to inform future support programs for early career vets. In 2021, the AVMA and the VIN Foundation collaborated on a study to investigate the financial challenges faced by new graduate veterinarians, including student loan debt.

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New Research Examines How, and Where, Birds Fly

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It reports on research that attempted to uncover whether flight originally started as a running leap, or a misdirected fall. The authors, whose paper appears in Biology Letters , emphasize that no baby birds were harmed during the research. Researchers plotted eBird sightings against satellite imagery of U.S. The verdict?

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eBird Weather: RainCrow Q&A

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I routinely review recent eBird checklists for several of my local patches and recently noticed a few with weather information ( e.g. , temperature, wind, cloud cover, humidity, etc.) RainCrow then retrieves the weather information for the location during the time period of the checklist. from something called RainCrow.

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

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Signaling theory examines communication between individuals and groups, within and across species, focusing on whether signals–communications containing complex information–are honest or deceptive and how the exchange of these signals impacts the individuals involved and the larger group or groups to which they belong.

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eBird and Urban Planning: City Green Spaces

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Birders who submit their checklists to eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct research on avian migration, range, or population. It has also been used by researchers from other fields, such as economists. They also obtained socioeconomic information about neighborhoods. Green spaces may also help reduce stress.

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