Check Out the Transfusion Medicine Information Center!
The Transfusion Medicine Information Center contains articles on blood typing, collection of blood, preparing for transfusion, and more! Thanks to the Animal Blood BankŪ for donating much of the material used to develop this resource center.
Veterinary Clinical Pathology - Online - FullText!
Thanks to the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ASVCP) and the VIN Foundation, VINners now have free access to full text journal articles from 30 years of Veterinary Clinical Pathology. Journal articles are available via either Search or Library (Journals). You can even get pretty PDF versions that look just like the Journal. Enjoy!
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Lysodren Administration Instructions for Cushing's Disease New VIN Content:
Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2006
Digital Image Manipulation Survey
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Comparison of the role of the subcutaneous tissues in cutaneous wound healing in the dog and cat
The subcutaneous tissues make an important contribution to 2nd intention cutaneous healing. Dog and cat wounds had delayed 2nd intention healing when subcutaneous tissues were removed; wounds in dogs, but not cats, had largely recovered from this delay by 21 days
The effect of the duration of propofol administration on recovery from anesthesia in cats
Prolonged anesthesia with propofol in healthy cats may be associated with a delayed recovery.
Buried tension sutures: force-tension comparisons of pulley, double butterfly, mattress, and simple interrupted suture patterns
The modified pulley suture and double butterfly suture patterns require less force to close a given distance under tension than either simple interrupted or horizontal mattress suture patterns.
Survival times for cats with hyperthyroidism treated with iodine 131, methimazole, or both: 167 cases (1996-2003)
Age was positively correlated (r = 0.4) with survival time, with older cats more likely to live longer. Cats with preexisting renal disease had significantly shorter survival times than did cats without preexisting renal disease. When cats with preexisting renal disease were excluded, median survival time for cats treated with methimazole alone (2.0 years; interquartile range [IQR], 1 to 3.9 years) was significantly shorter than median survival time for cats treated with 131I alone (4.0 years; IQR, 3.0 to 4.8 years) or methimazole followed by 131I (5.3 years; IQR, 2.2 to 6.5 years)
Too Much Vitamin D Added To Some Royal Canin Products Has Resulted In Hypercalcemia And Associated Illnesses
Having just received a fax from Royal Canin Foods, indicating that analyses show that patients fed canine Royal Canin S/0 canned are experiencing hypercalcemia due to an excess of Vitamin D3 in the diet, I'd like to know what recommendations should be made to clients.
Potassium Is Remaining High In A Cat After Relief Of Urethral Obstruction; Be Careful When Using Sodium Bicarbonate In Blocked Cats
A study done some time back showed that way too many of these guys present with hyperkalemia and hypocalcemia. Giving sodium bicarbonate is not what you want to do ...
Can Cystotomy Be Closed In A Single Layer? Choice Of Suture Material?
I stopped doing 2 layer closures years ago. I think it was Dr. Eb Rosin at Wisconsin who showed that one layer is very sufficient, since the mucosa seals quite quickly.
Excellent Photos Of Dog With Acute Eosinophilic Folliculitis And Furunculosis Of Nose
Thanks so much for the beautiful pictures! May I steal them for teaching purposes??
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 AAFP Rounds
Sunday, April 23, 8 pm ET
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-- 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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Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 3
Be sure to enroll before the April 24 Early Bird Date! The Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 3 CE course is designed to allow discussions of current techniques used in veterinary dentistry. Veterinarians practicing all levels of veterinary dentistry are invited to participate, from the veterinarian just interested in getting more information in veterinary dentistry to the Board Certified Veterinary Dentist. The third module will focus on the prevention and treatment of periodontal disease by prophylaxis, therapy and surgery. Instructors:
Steven Holmstrom, DVM, Dipl. AVDC (course coordinator)
Dale Kressin, DVM, FAVD, Dipl. AVDC
Allen Matson, DVM, Dipl. AVDC Dates:
May 8 - June 19, 2006
Real-time sessions: Monday evenings: May 8, 15, 2-week break, June 5, 12; 9:30-11:30 pm ET CE Hours: 8 Tuition:
Member/$126, Non-Member/$196 by April 24, 2006;
Member/$140, Non-Member/$218 after April 24, 2006 The Veterinary Dental Techniques series is designed as six individual modules. You may take any of the modules in your area of interest. To Register:
Visit the Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 3 page and click on the Enroll Now link.
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