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Convenient Weekend CE!
If you're looking for some good CE but need something quicker and more affordable than the national meetings, consider offerings at the nearest veterinary school, local or state VMA or a private specialty clinic. The UCDavis Feline Medicine Club is presenting the 27th Annual Feline Medicine Symposium on Sunday, January 25. The symposium offers 6 hours of CE credit on feline diseases you see every day. Great CE Down Under! If you like to wander a bit farther from home, the 2009 Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) Annual Conference will be held in Darwin, Northern Territory from May 17-22. The Conference will be hosting a forum on “One Medicine, One Health”, a day of joint sessions and discussions between veterinary, medical and environmental scientists to confront and collaborate on issues of common interest and to work together for their common benefit. Register online and start planning your trip early!
Have You Explored Associate Yet?
Associate can help you with your feline, canine, public health and foreign animal disease/bioterrorism questions. - The Book sections of Associate (canine and feline) have many new and updated disease chapters that serve as a great "starting point" for your clinical questions.
- The public health and foreign animal disease sections are invaluable up-to-date resources to help you with questions regarding zoonoses, bioterrorism, and foreign animal diseases.
- The Tool section allows you to work through cases, clinical sign by clinical sign, building a list of diseases to consider.
It won't build a true "differential diagnosis" but it is a great reminder of conditions you might have forgotten to consider in those "tougher" cases.
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Texas Farm Radio
Cytological and parasitological analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the diagnosis of Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in dogs
This study shows that the BAL is an accurate technique for the diagnosis of canine angiostrongylosis. Moreover, the technique allows us to retrieve cells and other elements that line the lung surface for cytological evaluation, which provides information about inflammatory diseases, and the diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary parasites such as A. vasorum.
Back to the future: Developing hypotheses on the effects of climate change on ovine parasitic gastroenteritis from historical data
Seasonal rates of diagnosis suggest that, in line with increases in temperature, fewer larvae of Teladorsagia and Trichostrongylus species survive the winter and spring at pasture, while the windows of transmission of these species, and of Haemonchus contortus, have extended into the autumn. For all species categories significant differences in rates of diagnosis, and in the seasonality of disease, were identified between regions.
Environmental risk factors for equine West Nile virus disease cases in Texas
Estimated county equine West Nile Virus (WNV) attack rate was best described by the number of lakes, presence of broadleaf deciduous forest, presence of cultivated areas, location within the Brazos River watershed, WNV-positive mosquito status and average temperature. An understanding of environmental factors that increase equine WNV disease risk can be used to design and target disease control programs.
Using leeches
My theory is since most aural hematomas seem to be serum with some clots in them you wouldn't worry so much about the anti-coagulating saliva of the leeches--except maybe right at the site of the puncture.
Pet food terminology: human grade meat
My understanding is that the meat could be processed at a plant that typically processes for human products, but that product must have been under continuous USDA inspection.
Euthanasia for financial reasons: dealing with the guilt; alternatives to euthanasia
There is a difference between choosing to not spend money on the pet and being totally unable to come up with the money. If someone held a gun to their head and demanded the money, odds are they could have come up with it somehow.
Repairing fractured humerus in a bulldog; how risky is anesthesia in bulldogs?
The most dangerous time, assuming good premed analgesia, good anesthetic technique and good surgical technique, is post op. These guys get anxious when they hurt and start panting.
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 Sunday Rounds
This weekend's rounds have been cancelled due to illness in the speaker's family.
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Tuesday, January 13, 9:30 p.m. ET
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How To Use VIN: Part 2
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(Thursday, January 15, 2:30 am GMT)
Learn how to use VIN's Knowledgebase.
Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course. This Week's Rounds Schedule
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"How to Use VIN" resources:
The three-part "How To Use VIN" course can be taken live (on the first three Wednesday nights of each month), or you can do it as self study. If you'd like to take the live sessions, e-mail Nate at Nate@VIN.com, and tell him you'd like to sign up for the How To Course. To keep up with VIN's growth, take the time to explore the Front Page at least once a week, read the VIN This Week (VINTW) newsletter twice a week, explore the VINDEX (VIN's Front Page, right hand column) and click all the buttons on VIN's navigation bars.
Funny Bones:
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"How about 'Can't you tell what's wrong with my pet just by looking?' on the front and on the back 'How do you know what is wrong with my pet just by looking?'"
What's Your Diagnosis?
* Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
* Equine Fun Case 30
* Equine Fun Case 31
* Equine Fun Case 32
Book Review of the Week
Zoo Animal & Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia
Purchase it in the VIN Bookstore! Website of the Week
Treasury Hunt and more... eVetsites Tip of the Week
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Associate - Updated and New:
* Anal Sac Adenocarcinoma in Dogs
* Explore the rest of Associate!
Upcoming Conferences
Looking to attend or contribute a paper to a veterinary conference? Check out the On The Road With VIN folder, or the Press Releases folder, to see what conferences are coming up and to visit their Web sites! Links to information about upcoming conferences include: NAVC, WVC and EAAV.
These courses are now open for enrollment. Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE.
Intermediate Fish Medicine
February 26 - March 26, 2009 This intermediate fish medicine course is designed to further your experience with fish medicine. The basic concepts will be expanded and applied to case examples. The instructors are experienced fish practitioners who will provide important tips on running a fish practice as well as the important issues facing aquatic medicine. Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 1
March 9 - April 20, 2009 This course in Veterinary Dental Techniques is designed to allow discussions of current techniques used in veterinary dentistry. Veterinarians practicing all levels of veterinary dentistry are invited to participate, from the veterinarian just interested in getting more information in veterinary dentistry to the Board Certified Veterinary Dentist. Pharmaceutical Regulatory Review Course
March 30 - April 13, 2009 Participants will be able to evaluate their current practices and, if needed, implement improvements that reduce the risk of theft, diversion or prosecution for failure to maintain an adequate system of security and accountability for controlled substances. For information on other CE courses, check out the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page. Please visit How-To's Of Online CE for details about how to register and participate in online CE courses.
If you're looking for more information on CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists or practice managers, please visit the VSPN CE page. VSPN offers courses specifically tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VPSN members.
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