April Fools!
However, Associate makes every VINner a winner! Associate can help you with your feline, canine, public health and foreign animal disease/bioterrorism questions.
- The Book section of Associate (canine and feline) has many new and updated disease chapters that serve as a great "starting point" for your clinical questions.
- 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.
Click the Associate link on either the SEARCH or the Book section of the NEW LIBRARY page.
Questions? Click the HELP tab (right column in Associate) to learn more.
CE Down Under!
The 2008 Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) Annual Conference will be held in Perth on Australia's beautiful west coast from May 25-30, 2008. Early bird registration ends April 4! The program will feature local and international speakers covering a diverse range of topics from small animal dermatology to emerging infectious diseases, climate change, stress and work life balance and equine influenza. Visit the AVA online for more information on the conference and to learn more about the amazing city of Perth. Don't forget to stop by the VIN CyberCafe and say hello!
Show Your VINner Pride!
I'm a VINner! - 2008 VIN Member static window decals are now available in the VIN Bookstore. The VIN Window Decal is a great way to show your involvement in the largest veterinary practice in the world. The client brochure was created to help you explain to clients how your being a VIN member impacts the quality of veterinary care their pets receive. VIN members can order both the decal and the brochure FREE of charge from the VIN Bookstore! Visit the I'm a VINner! page (from the VINDEX menu on the VIN Front Page) to download a copy of the brochure and find other resources for informing your clients of your membership to VIN!
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Texas Farm Radio
Nasal and nasopharyngeal lymphoma in cats: 50 cases (1989-2005)
Of the tumors, 41 of 50 (82%) were classified as nasal lymphoma, 5 of 50 (10%) were classified as nasopharyngeal lymphoma, and 4 of 50 (8%) involved both nasal and nasopharyngeal tissue. Histologically, all were considered diffuse lymphoid neoplasms and no cats displayed features of follicular lymphoma. Of the 44 cases available for slide review by the pathologist, 40 of 44 (91%) were classified as immunoblastic lymphoma, 2 of 44 (5%) as diffuse large cell, and 1 as diffuse mixed; 1 was unclassified. Of the 45 cats for which immunohistochemical stains were available, 32 were uniformly positive for CD79a, 7 were uniformly CD3 positive, and 6 had a mixed population of CD79a and CD3 cells.
Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis: a newly recognized herpesvirus-associated fibrotic lung disease
Pathologic and virologic findings from 24 horses with progressive nodular fibrotic lung disease associated with EHV-5 infection are described and compared with 23 age-matched control animals. Gross lesions consisted of multiple nodules of fibrosis throughout the lungs. Histologically, there was marked interstitial fibrosis, often with preservation of an "alveolar-like" architecture, lined by cuboidal epithelial cells.
Evaluation of the ruminant serum chemistry profile
Results suggested that medical and surgical treatment were both associated with favorable outcomes in horses with cecal impactions. In this population, typhlotomy alone without cecal bypass was associated with a low recurrence rate. The long-term prognosis for horses that were discharged from the hospital was good.
Blue nodules in cat's ears
We see these fairly often, and thankfully most of the biopsies show benign sebaceous gland cystic hyperplasia. They can, however, be malignant. We treat them with a diode laser through a video otoscope. The diode laser allows us to fill the canal with water prior to laser use.
Egg-bound fish
This has been a problem I have had interest in and not an easy one to address. Surgery is always a last resort. If the eggs are mature and you are early in the process you can hand strip under sedation.
Age is a number: when will you retire?
How old can you be and still practice? Can you still practice when you are seventy or eighty? Would you hire a seventy year old relief veterinarian?
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Tuesday, April 1, 9:30 pm EDT (April 2, 01:30 am GMT)
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This Week's Rounds Schedule
How to Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, April 2, 9:30 pm EDT (April 3, 01:30 am GMT)
Learn how to be a Super VINner!
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This Week's Rounds Schedule
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, April 6, 10:00 pm EDT (April 7, 02:00 am GMT)
Join Ed Guiducci, JD, for Purchases Or Buy-Ins By Non-Veterinarians: Is This A Viable Exit Strategy?
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Recent Rounds
@ = VINcast is available for this session Electronic Medical Records Feline Spinal Cord Diseases (AAFP Rounds) Communication w/RDVMs & Specialists @ Genetic Diseases @ Presenting the Oral ATP @ The Art of Referral Surviving Investment Storms @ Avian Radiography @ Equine Laminitis @ Fun with Fecals @
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What's Your Diagnosis?
* Ophthalmology Fun 48
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Website of the Week:
Sea Turtle Anatomy and more...
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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: NAVDF and CVC East.
Book Review of the Week:
Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management
You can find it in the VIN Bookstore!
These courses are currently open for enrollment. Click on the links to see the details and enroll!
For information on other CE courses open for enrollment, check out the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page. Equine Palmar Foot Pain
April 6 - May 11 Equine Dermatology
April 27 - May 18 Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Part I
June 8 - September 4 Veterinary Cytology & Fluid Analysis:
July 8 - August 19 Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Part II
October 26 - January 11 CE Opportunities For Your Staff: Introduction to Computers in Veterinary Medicine
April 9-May 16, 2008 Equine Laboratory Diagnostics
May 7 - June 13 Advanced Nursing - Critical Care Module 1
May 8 - June 14 If you're looking for 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 are also open to VPSN members.
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