Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine Textbook Online
The most popular veterinary cardiology textbook -- Kittleson and Kienle's Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine -- is now on VIN. This online version allows you to read or search the complete text of the first edition and contains several UPDATED chapters. Full-text online texts are something all VINners have hoped for and this marks the start of a growing collection. Initially, this and other texts will be available to all VINners at no extra charge. Long-term, to ensure that we can reward authors for keeping their texts up-to-date on a continual basis, there may be a small additional charge for accessing the textbooks you use most frequently. Thanks for using VIN!
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Less Than Three Weeks Until the ABVP Meeting in San Antonio
ABVP - the Annual ABVP Practitioner's Symposium will be held May 5-7 at the Marriott Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX. Soak up some Texas sun and great CE. Check out the proceedings from last year! ACVC - the 2005 Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference Proceedings are available in the VIN Library. If you'd like to join in the fun this year, plan to attend the ACVC 2006 October 17-19.
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Type of smear may influence thrombopoietic cell counts in the bone marrow of clinically healthy dogs
Thrombopoietic cell counts in canine bone marrow are influenced by the smear technique. Buffy coat and fat-layer smears may be useful to obtain cellular smears in hemodiluted or small aspirate samples.
Clinical, immunological and histopathological findings in a subpopulation of dogs with pododermatitis
The term immunomodulatory-responsive lymphocytic-plasmacytic pododermatitis is proposed to denote what may be a previously unrecognized condition in some dogs with pododermatitis of undetermined aetiology.
Aberrant p53 Expression in Feline Vaccine-associated Sarcomas and Correlation with Prognosis
Cytoplasmic staining for p53 was a consistent pattern of VAS, occurring in 44% of tumors evaluated. Cats with tumors that exhibited cytoplasmic p53 had significantly shorter time to tumor recurrence compared to those cats with tumors that exhibited nuclear p53 staining (P = 0.0284), but no significant difference in survival outcome was observed.
Incidence of polysaccharide storage myopathy: necropsy study of 225 horses
A total of 101 horses and ponies with lesions of polysaccharide storage myopathy were identified. Age of affected horses ranged from one to 30 years, with a mean of 14.7 years. Mean age of nonaffected horses was 12 years. Incidence of polysaccharide storage myopathy varied depending on breed; Thoroughbreds had the lowest (27%) and draft-related horses had the highest (86%) incidence.
Feline Anal Sacculectomy Technique Tips And Photos
In dogs, I have always done the closed technique with careful dissection, but many years ago, when I was taught how to do this by a very accomplished surgeon, he felt the open technique was less traumatic due to the small area to work in when removing the glands in cats. What is the general consensus on this?
MCT On Tongue (Photos); Information on Retrospective Study of Oral MCT - Survival and Metastasis
...we are working on completing a retrospective study on oral and peri-oral MCTs in dogs...
ER Docs Share Their Clinic Policies For Signing Over Pets
I'm interested in learning what the policy is in other ER/CC hospitals, when pets are presented by owners who can't or won't pay for even minimal services, yet they have non-fatal, fixable medical problems. Do you ever offer the owner the option of signing the pet over to the hospital and if so, when is that policy applied?
Differentials And Workup For Horse With Chronic Distal Limb Dermatitis
Once the treatment was stopped, the lesions came right back! So now I have the owner willing to do a biopsy, culture, sensitivity, etc. I want to wait until the lesions are back in full force before biopsy, so I am waiting a week ...
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Tuesday, April 18, 9:30 pm ET
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How To Use VIN: Part 3
Wednesday, April 19, 9:30 pm ET
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AAFP Rounds
Sunday, April 23, 8 pm ET
Join Cynthia Ward, VMD, DACVIM (SAIM), for Feline Hyperthyroidism. All VINners welcome.
To attend, go to the AAFP Rounds area and click Classroom.
Practice Management Rounds
Sunday, April 23, 10 pm ET
Join Jim Stephenson, DVM, for The Common Myths Of Practice Appraisals.
-- We will discuss the various types of appraisals and how they apply to YOUR situation. Every practice has different values, depending upon the purpose.
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Severe Trauma in the Dog: The First 15 Minutes
The Severe Trauma in the Dog: The First 15 Minutes course will cover primary assessment, fluid therapy, pain management, and secondary assessment in the first 15 minutes of treating a canine severe trauma case. The following techniques will be discussed: jugular catheterization, jugular cut down, stabilization of fractures and open wounds in the first 15 minutes, techniques to relieve pneumothorax, indications for chest tubes and more. This course is appropriate for veterinarians who see trauma cases or wish to learn the techniques and also veterinary technicians who help prep these cases. Instructor:
Thomas K. Day, DVM, MS, DACVA, DACVECC Dates:
May 16 - May 30, 2006
Real-time sessions: Tuesdays, May 16 and 23; 9:30 - 11:30 pm ET CE Hours: 4 Tuition:
Member/$63, Non-Member/$116 by May 2, 2006;
Member/$70, Non-Member/$129 after May 2, 2006
Course registration open to veterinarians and veterinary staff. To Register:
Visit the appropriate Severe Trauma in the Dog page and click on the Enroll Now link.
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