How To Use VIN -- The Movie!
NEW - If you've ever wished for a guided tour of VIN, your wish has been granted! We built it to help orient veterinary students to VIN -- but it ISN'T JUST FOR STUDENTS The How To Use VIN Video is now available. The video covers many aspects of how to get the most from VIN. Please send us feedback about how you like it.
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New in VIN!
New Proceedings:
Northeast Veterinary Conference 2004 (NEVC 2004) New Research Project:
Is Canine Idiopathic Rhinitis Associated with Bartonellosis? Newsletter Bank Addition:
How Much Is That Doggy in the Window?
contributed by VINner Kate McDuffee, DVM
New On VeterinaryPartner.com:
Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network Transcripts:
Clinicopathologic Features of an Unusual Outbreak of Cryptococcosis in Dogs, Cats, Ferrets, and A Bird: 38 Cases (January to July 2003)
Serologic titers were beneficial in identifying infection in animals with nonspecific signs, but routine serum biochemical or hematologic parameters were of little value in diagnosis. Most animals had nonspecific CNS signs and represented a diagnostic challenge.
Effects of Treatment With and Without Adjuvant Radiation Therapy on Recurrence of Ocular and Adnexal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Horses: 157 Cases (1985-2002)
The most frequently represented anatomic site for ocular and adnexal SCCs was the eyelid (28.7%). Coat color, breed, and the interaction of age and breed had a significant effect on tumor recurrence regardless of treatment type and anatomic location.
Employment, Starting Salaries, and Educational Indebtedness of Year-2004 Graduates of US Veterinary Medical Colleges
Mean debt increased 5.9% from 2003 to 2004. Mean educational debt among those with debt was $81,052 in 2004. In comparison, graduates in 2003 had mean debt of $76,558.
Foreign Body Attachment to Polypropylene Suture Material Extruded Into the Small Intestinal Lumen After Enteric Closure in Three Dogs
Polypropylene, which is completely nonabsorbable, when used in a continuous suture pattern in the intestines, may act as a site of attachment for a foreign body.
Femoral Fracture Fixation - Growth Plate Problems?
Generally you won't get away with a single IM pin in anything much bigger than 10-15 lbs AND only then if all 4 physeal pegs on the end of the proximal fragment are intact to provide rotational stability
Should I Fire a Demanding Client?
Today the client came in and said he no longer wanted to see doctor #1 but would see doctor #2. Doctor #2 is leary about taking on such a client after seeing the efforts doctor #1 has taken with this case. Doctor #1 wants the client fired from the clinic.
Syncope Episode/Hypertension in Obese Yorkie
The explanation regarding obesity and vagal tone is a bit convoluted. This is an area of controversy and very few known facts
Taking Weather into Consideration when Castrating Horses
In my area, there are only equine mobile practices and all castrations are pretty much done outside in a nice clean grassy area in the late spring, summer, or early fall, weather permitting. When is it "too cold" to do a castration? I usually want the weather to be "nice" -- but I have a few clients bugging me to do some going into November, and the temp is now getting to be a high of 10 degrees Celsius (I think that is about 50 - 55 Fahrenheit) ...
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, February 1, 9:30 pm ET
Had any crazy clients lately? Stop by and tell us!
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Coffeehouse link to join the discussion.
How To Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, February 2, 9:30 pm ET
Learn how to use your computer and VIN. Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-part course!
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, February 6 - NO Rounds
It's Super Bowl Sunday!
Recent Rounds
AAFP Behavior Guidelines (Part 1)
(Pssst! Part 2 coming February 13, 8pm ET)Diagnosis of Portosystemic Shunts in Dogs and Cats (ACVSc)Getting Wet: An Introduction to Fish MedicineHiring the Right PersonNegotiating that First ContractFeline Pyothorax (ACVSc)Feline Infertility (AAFP)Normal Feline Reproduction (AAFP)Cyclosporine: Ordinary and Extraordinary Uses Neurologic Rehabilitation
 Abstract Of The Week:
Hypernatremia Secondary to Homemade Play Dough Ingestion
What's Your Diagnosis?
* Dental Brain-Teaser 34b
* Case Archives
Website Of The Week:
Equine Research Information and more ...
Book Review:
Textbook of Physiological Chemistry
Order this book from the VIN Store.
eVetsites Tip of the Week:
Visiting the eVetsite Demo Site for review, practice or staff training
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: WVC, SAVMA, and AAHA.
From the Boards:
* Right vs Left Brain Behavior
* Coumadin Ridge
* Reconstructive Surgery Case
* To Be AAHA, or Not To Be
Basic Reptile Medicine
- Do you despair every time you need to get a blood sample from a turtle?
- Do you frantically flip through books when a client asks you what he should feed his snake?
- Do you hand off every iguana case to your associate because you lack confidence in your diagnostic techniques?
VIN can help! Basic Reptile Medicine, a 16 credit hour course, will give you a good grounding in nutrition, husbandry, examination techniques, blood collection/interpretation, drug therapy, anesthesia techniques, and MORE! Instructors:
Stephen Hernandez-Divers, B.Sc.(Hons), B.Vet.Med., D.Zoo.Med.(Reptilian), C.Biol. , M.I.Biol., M.R.C.V.S.; Diplomate RCVS Zoological Medicine, RCVS Consultant in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (Reptiles), Dip. ACZM (Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine)
Sonia Hernandez-Divers, DVM, Dip. ACZM (Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine) Dates:
March 22 – May 17, 2005
Real-time sessions: Tuesdays 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, Sunday 5/8; 9:30- 11:30 PM ET 16 CE Credits Tuition:
Member/$245, Non-Member/$338 before March 8, 2005;
Member/$272, Non-Member/$375 after March 8, 2005;
VSPN Okay
To learn more about this course, and to enroll visit the Basic Reptile Medicine course page.
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