New Diagnostic Imaging Center!
What do ultrasound equipment discussions, normal radiographic anatomy of the equine leg and CT of thoracic lesions have in common? These are just three of the topics you'll find in the new Diagnostic Imaging Center. Browse information relating to a wide variety of species including birds, exotics, ruminants and small mammals. Check out links to helpful VIN resources including slide shows, videos and journal articles, as well as links to pertinent external resources. The Diagnostic Imaging Center can be reached through the Specialty Center page in the VIN Library and the About Page of the Diagnostic Imaging folder. VIN News Service Needs Your Feedback NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK and discuss
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Growing Concern About MRSA
While MRSA was first noted in people over 40 years ago, it has become a significant pathogen over the last 10-15 years, and is now considered a potential serious infectious threat, because of the limited antibiotic sensitivity it exhibits. Read this informative FAQ and share your thoughts in the ongoing message board discussion. REMINDER: The fastest route to an answer to your question is a VIN Database Search. But, because many topics have been discussed many times on the message boards, the number of "hits" you get can be overwhelming. To help you, the VIN team of consultants (and other experts) continue to create up-to-date summaries (FAQs) of topics commonly discussed on the message boards. Save time -- check out the Medical FAQs, before you post on the message boards.
Go Outback for Great CE!
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!
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Texas Farm Radio
The aetiopathogenesis of squamous cell carcinomas in horses. Where are we?
The causes of equine SCC have been somewhat elucidated in the ocular/adnexal region with strong evidence of a role of UV radiation and p53 protein mutation but the causes of equine genital SCC remain relatively unknown.
Parameters influencing service dogs' quality of response to commands: Retrospective study of 71 dogs
The quality of service provided by service dogs correlated only with the vocal capacity of the owners and did not correlate with the physical capacity of the owner. The study emphasizes the importance of nonverbal communication and voice strength when communicating with dogs, and stresses the importance of the applicant selection process to ensure the success of the program.
Water off a duck's back: Showers and troughs match ponds for improving duck welfare
The results showed that without the opportunity to at least dip their heads and splash their feathers with water, ducks were unable to keep their eyes, nostrils, and feathers fully clean. Commercial farmers may be able to improve duck welfare as much by providing water in troughs or from overhead showers as from actual ponds.
The million dollar practice
How much can a solo practice gross and how are they doing it? In 05 I worked in a 3 veterinarian practice that grossed a bit over $1.6M. We were all working < 40 hours per week but were pretty busy from morning until night. Definitely felt like a hamster on a wheel! If there are solo practitioners bringing in > $1M alone, they must be doing things differently. If there are solos doing $1.5M or more...they must be doing a lot differently, maybe even fundamentally differently. Or maybe it's just the basics...the doctor only does "doctor" stuff and the well trained support staff takes care of everything else.
Blue Dobermans and color dilution alopecia
The genetics of blue is very straightforward but the genetics of CDA is not. It is likely a trait that is linked to the gene for blueness and/or is related to the degree of penetration of the gene for blueness. In other words, being genetically blue (dd genotype) is not a guarantee of CDA. The weimeraner is a testiment to that. The follicle disease is directly caused or at least greatly influenced though, but the actual result of the dd gene, which produces clumping of melanosomes into macromelanosomes. Those interfere either mechanically or chemicically or both with normal hairshaft production and lead to the abnormal hair follicles of CDA. So it is complicated.
Unusual final locations of properly implanted microchips
I implanted a chip in a kitten who had been hit by a car and had gotten his femur pulverized. The chip wandered all the way to the stump!
Cat with urethral obstruction died: cystocentesis methods and consequences of waiting to unblock
I'm generally in favor of performing a cystocentisis on a blocked cats. I know you'll hear mixed things on this, but that's the side of the fence on which I fall.
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Funny Bones:
Cat vs. Reporter
'Dumb. Sure looked like a calico to me! Mistake number one. Don't recommend jiggling an angry cat. Mistake number two.'
What's Your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
* Zoonosis Fun 10
* Ophthalmology Fun Case 79
Associate - Updated and New:
Heterochromia in dogs and cats
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Book Review of the Week
Veterinary Dentistry for the Technician & Office Staff
Purchase it in the VIN Bookstore! Website of the Week
Digital Morphology and more… eVetsites Tip of the Week
Font Sizes in eVetsites
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: NAVDF, ABVP, Voorjaarsdagen, CVC East and IAAAM.
NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE.
Practical Avian Medicine Module 7
April 14 - 28, 2009 Module 7 will cover diagnosis and management of fungal, bacterial, parasitic and viral diseases. Practical Avian Medicine Module 8
May 5 - 19, 2009 Module 8 will cover common equipment used in avian practice and discussion of the economics of avian practice. Organ System and ABVP Core Examination Review Module B
June 4 - August 6, 2009 Module B includes respiratory, pharmacology, infectious disease, dermatology, nephrology/urology, anesthesia and ophthalmology. 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 information on CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists or practice managers, please visit the VSPN CE page. VSPN offers courses tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VPSN members.
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