Going to SAVMA or AAHA next week?
Stop by the VIN booth at the SAVMA (booth #1) and AAHA (booth #726) Conferences next week. We'd love to meet you and we will have plenty of computers available so you can check your email and keep up on VIN.

Results of thyroid function tests and concentrations of plasma proteins in dogs administered etodolac
Plasma total protein, albumin, or globulin concentrations that are less than the respective reference range in a dog administered etodolac for more than or equal to 2 weeks may be an effect of treatment rather than an unrelated disease process. A decrease in plasma protein concentrations may reflect subclinical injury of the gastrointestinal tract.

The effect of cranial cruciate ligament insufficiency on caudal cruciate ligament morphology: An experimental study in dogs
Significant alterations were found in the morphology of canine caudal cruciate ligament from cranial cruciate ligament-deficient joints.

Possible Vegetative Endocarditis
Does vegetative endocarditis generally have the large ball-like lesions?

E Coli Infection In Baby Macaw
Both the yeast and the bacterial organsisms are secondary - neither acts as a primary infectant in these babies. Substandard feeding practices, inappropriate nursery management, chronic dehydration, inappropriate temperature - these are the biggies and the hidden killers that set the stage for terminal opportunistic infections to get going.

OSHA & Practice Safety
What four-letter word bothers veterinarians the most?

OSHA

We understand how safety bureaucracy can raise your stress levels, and VIN has the answer!

Sign up for VIN's OSHA and Practice Safety CE course, and you'll learn which OSHA Standards apply to your practice, how to implement a safety program that will prevent accidents and comply with OSHA Standards, how to create/refine a Hospital Safety Manual that is specific to your practice, and what to do when an OSHA inspector comes to visit.

Stress is your body's response to an uncontrollable moment. Take control!
Become OSHA-knowledgeable!
Sign up today for OSHA and Practice Safety.

Instructor: Philip Seibert, CVT

Dates: April 14th - July 7th, 2003
Interactive Sessions: Mondays, mid-term break mid-March for 2 weeks. 9:30-11:00 PM ET

CE Hours: 15

To Register: Visit OSHA and Practice Safety and click on the Enroll Now link.

Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, March 18, 9:30 pm ET -
What unusual cases did you have today?
Stop by and share.
Rounds Room

How To course, Part 3
Wednesday, March 19, 9:30 pm ET -
Learn how to use VIN's Library and Search.
Email Nate@VIN.com for information about this FREE three-part course.
Rounds Room

Abstract of the Week:
The Effect Of Methimazole On Thyroid Uptake Of Pertechnetate And Radioiodine

Book Review:
Birds of Prey: Health And Disease (Third Edition)

Website of the Week:
Herpetology Program, and more....

Survey of The Week Results:
* Imaging & Telemedicine
* Nasal Mites
* Euthanasia Procedures
* FATE
* Veterinary Career Survey, Part 1

Recent Rounds:
* Rescue Protocols for Lymphoma
* Fluid Therapy in Shock(ing) Situations
* Practice Mergers and Affiliations
* Common Muscle Diseases
* Chemotherapy Side Effects
* Congenital Portosystemic Shunt

From the Boards:
* Anemic Eclectus
* CRF Management
* Corneal Ulcer From Bug Juice
* Trobiculosis

VSPN CE: Euthanasia and Grief Management

How can VSPN CE help?

Cecelia Soares, DVM, MS leads this class in a focus group orientation that the ENTIRE hospital staff may find beneficial. What better way to bring issues no one wants to talk about to light so that your hospital as a whole can help both the clients and each other through the part of veterinary medicine we all wish didn't exist.

Staff must be registered FIRST through www.vspn.org for membership, then all members of VSPN or VIN can register by going to VSPN/CE : Euthanasia and Grief Management, and following the ENROLL NOW link for this course. If you have any questions please email VSPNCE@vspn.org or call the VIN office and ask to speak to Nanette.