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New Stuff in the VIN Library!
Just added to the VIN Forms & Handouts collection:

• Canine Immunization Information Handout
• Feline Immunization Information Handout

Now available in the Proceedings section:

• 2007 ACVB-AVSAB Scientific Paper and Poster Session
• IVECCS 2007

Maybe you noticed...
...VIN This Week looks a little different! We're trying some new things to make VTW better for you and we'd love to hear what you think! Please email your comments to Feedback@vin.com.

Thyroid hormone concentrations in young, healthy, pretraining greyhounds
The results show that young greyhounds have markedly lower total and free T(4) concentrations than other breeds, and neither analyte can reliably be used to investigate the hypothyroidism in this breed as values were found below the limit of detection of each respective assay.

Spatial analysis of the exposure of dogs in rural north-coastal California to vectorborne pathogens
Between 0 and 50 per cent of the dogs in eight rural villages in far northern California with a high risk of tickborne diseases were seropositive for Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Bartonella vinsonii subspecies berkhoffii, and between 0 and 10 per cent were seropositive for Borrelia burgdorferi. When the villages were assessed for landscape risk factors, a particularly high seroprevalence for B vinsonii berkhoffii and A phagocytophilum was observed in a village at a relatively high altitude and greater distance from the Pacific coast, and montane hardwood conifer woodland was most associated with a high seroprevalence for these two pathogens.

Having Some Fun on the Message Boards!

Humor in Veterinary Medicine: You've Won the VIN Lottery!:

"For those outside the US, April 1st is also known as April Fool's Day. It is a day to try to pull a trick on someone, just in fun."

Check out the April Fools VINcast, "Lotsa Loonies"!

This course is now open for enrollment!
Click on the links below to see the details, register for the course and find more upcoming CE.

OSHA & Practice Safety
Early bird deadine is April 7!
April 21 - July 14, 2008
Instructor:
Philip Seibert, CVT

This course is designed for the Practice Owner, Manager or Administrator who desires to understand OSHA's Standards as well as practical ways to implement them in a veterinary practice.

Read what some past participants had to say about this course!

For information on other CE courses starting soon, check out the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page.

Please visit How-To Of Online CE for details about how to register and participate in online CE courses.

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.

Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, April 8, 9:30 pm EDT (April 9, 01:30 am GMT)
Stop by and chat with your fellow VIN addicts!
Use the Coffeehouse link to join the discussion.
This Week's Rounds Schedule

How To Use VIN: Part 2
Wednesday, April 9, 9:30 pm EDT (April 10, 01:30 am GMT)
Learn how to be a Super VINner!
Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.
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This Week's Rounds Schedule

New in Veterinary Partner
* Metronidazole (Flagyl) revised
* Cherry Eye revised
* Quality of Life

Texas Farm Radio
*Rain Scald in Horses

Associate - Updated and New:
* Eyelid Neoplasia in Dogs and Cats
* Explore the rest of the Associate!

Website of the Week:
AABP Externship Database and more...

Book Review of the Week:
Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians, 5th Edition
Purchase this book in the VIN Bookstore!

eVetsite Tip of the Week:
FDA Web Page Link about Purchasing Drugs Online

What's Your Diagnosis?
* Equine Fun 3
* Ophthalmology Fun 48
* Archives of the Challenging And Fun Cases

Recent Rounds:
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From the Boards:
Increasing our revenue
"I love what I do, but this is killing me (not to mention pushing me toward very dwindling finances). I am on my third loan from the lender, my retirement is running out, no other financial options to borrow from. The term 'drowning' comes to mind."

Impressive pharyngitis
"I think you'll need to do something with that proliferative tissue or you'll never be able to get the mouth under control. The cauliflower nature to that tissue means bacteria etc. can hide from our other treatment modalities, not to mention I'm sure the cat mustn't like the feel of all that inflamed tissue."

Veterinary Journals Online
When you SEARCH VIN, you scan nearly 2 million content items. Within this mass of information are citations and abstracts relevant to veterinary practice from thousands of clinical and biomedical journals.

In the VIN Library, you'll find a complete (well, likely a few have been missed) collection of citations and abstracts (and sometimes more) from over 150 core veterinary journals, which you can search by topic or browse by journal title.