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PRRS diagnosis quicker thanks to new online tool

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Researchers have launched an anonymous web-based diagnostic tool that allows for rapid diagnosis of new strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and other swine diseases.

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Taste as a tool

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Researchers at Hill’s Pet Nutrition and elsewhere have spent decades gathering data about food palatability and investigating why pets have certain taste preferences.

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Pet Health Zone tool uses claims data to inform pet owners, care teams

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Nationwide used more than 40 years of claims data from millions of pets to develop its Pet Health Zone, an online tool that provides health condition information to pet owners.

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The ‘Alal uses tools, Climate Change Hammers Hawaii

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Hawaiian Crows Use Tools. From Nature, “ Discovery of species-wide tool use in the Hawaiian crow “: Only a handful of bird species are known to use foraging tools in the wild. Amongst them, the New Caledonian crow ( Corvus moneduloides ) stands out with its sophisticated tool-making skills. Although the ‘Alal?

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Test external webinar integrated

Speaker: Izaac Moran, Customer Success Manager, FourKites; and Glenn Koepke, SVP of Customer Success, FourKites

Learn how major retailers including Meijer, Dollar Tree, and Best Buy use visibility tools to minimize disruptions in their supply chains, including: Inbound visibility from suppliers. Visibility for store managers. Securing high-value goods in transit. Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 10AM PST, 12PM CST, 1PM EST, 6PM GMT.

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Radiology database provides thousands of nontraditional species’ images

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The Zoo and Aquarium Radiology Database (ZARD), housed at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, is an online reference tool of thousands of digital radiographs and CT scans preapproved by board-certified veterinary radiologists as “normal” for each species.

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Using stay interviews to increase staff retention

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A stay interview with current staff members is a potentially helpful management tool that is similar to an exit interview and roots out workplace problems before an employee calls it quits, says one expert.

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