New MyVIN Feature:
Add a Picture to Your Profile!
Lend your MyVIN profile a personal touch and post your picture. As with most MyVIN profile features, you can make it visible to all VINners or just your MyVIN Colleagues. Go to MyVIN and choose Profile > Picture. Don't stop with just the picture, have there been changes in your life? Do you need to update your email address? Have you recently moved, and need to update your mailing address and phone number? Do you want to renew your VIN membership? Use MyVIN! New Grads - please take a moment to update your contact information using MyVIN. Remember, Waltham USA Sponsors Student Access to VIN. Please take a moment to send a big "Thank You!" to Waltham (ThankYouWaltham@VIN.com) for their generous support of the VIN Student Member program. Looking to hire? Need a new position?
The best graduating seniors are regular VIN users. Post your job offering in the "Positions Offered -- New Graduates" category in the Vetquest Classifieds.
Are you going to the 2004 ACVIM Forum?
If you are, make plans to attend the VIN Breakfast. It's FREE for you! Join us - your VIN friends, colleagues, VIN representatives, and VIN consultants - at the annual ACVIM Breakfast! The 2004 VIN Breakfast will be held at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Hotel, 2nd floor, in Greenway Ballroom DEFG, on Saturday, June 12th, from 6:30 - 7:50 AM. Take this opportunity to learn about new features, to contribute your ideas, and to put faces to all those familiar VINners who haven't added their photo to their MyVIN profile. Please click here to reserve your space. Can't attend the VIN Breakfast? No problem. Stop by the VIN Booth (#600) or the VIN-hosted CyberCafe (convention center Mezzanine level) and say hello! We're looking forward to seeing you in Minneapolis. And ... thanks for using VIN! Newly-Added To VIN: New in VeterinaryPartner.com:
Therapy for Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors in Dogs
If the insulinoma is confined to the pancreas, about 58% of dogs are disease-free 12 months after surgery.
Thinking Outside The Box: Feline Elimination
If a medication is effective at controlling the urine marking, it should be continued for an additional 2 to 4 months. Then one can attempt to wean the cat off the medication over 2 - 4 weeks via dose reduction or reduction of frequency of dosing.
Characterization of the Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Properties of the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor, Enalapril, in Horses
Single-dose enalapril at 0.5 mg/kg PO did not demonstrate significant availability, pharmacodynamic effect, or substantial suppression of ACE activity.
Erythrocytosis in Dogs and Cats: Diagnosis and Management
Erythrocytosis in dogs and cats has most commonly been associated with dehydration, high-altitude environments, and renal and cardiovascular disease.
Associate Percentage-Based Pay: Boss Raised Fees, But Also My Bonus Level By The Same Percentage
This year the prices have been raised 5%, which I thought would lead to a raise based on my percentage, but the owner then said the monthly needed to get the bonus would be increased by 5% as well, which would negate any increase.
Dog With Cushings Disease and Trembling; Monitoring CCS With ACTH Stims
To be able to control Cushing's symptoms, we need to have cortisols that are in the ADDISONIAN range; both the pre- and post-cortisols on the ACTH stim have to be less than 5 ug/dl, and preferably between about 1-4 ug/dl on the stim test. A dog with a response to ACTH withn the normal reference range on Lysodren is likely to have some clinical improvement, but will not become completely normal to the owner. So these 'normal' cortisol levels in a dog on Lysodren will allow most of the symptoms of Cushing's to continue unabated.
Treatments For Retained Placentas
In the case of retained fetal membranes, the natural release of the cotyledonary attachment sites fails to occur. From that point, it is a matter of decreased direct blood flow, proteolyisis, etc. at the microcotyledon until separation occurs. In other words, there are no pharmaceutical treatments that enhance this process with any reliability.
Digital Sensor - Dedicated Tube? Digital vs Film Rads
I was hoping that by going digital I could avoid buying all the film "doohickeys" and spending another grand. Now I am pondering whether I should just spend less money and get a film system and leave the digital imaging for another couple of years.
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, May 4, 9:30 pm ET -
Had any strange clients lately? Stop by and share!
Rounds Room
How To Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, May 5, 9:30 pm ET -
Learn how to use VIN and your computer. Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-part course.
Rounds Room
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, May 9 - NO Rounds
It's Mother's Day in the USA. Spend some quality time with your family!
Recent Rounds
 Abstract Of The Week:
Cisplatin and Piroxicam for Oral Malignant Melanoma and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
What's Your Diagnosis?
What's With These Toes?
Website Of The Week:
Neuromuscular Case Presentations... and more
Book Review:
Small Animal Internal Medicine, Third Edition
This resource is available in the VINstore.
eVetsites Tip of the Week:
Six New Fonts Added for Page Navigation Titles
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 websites! Links to information about upcoming conferences include: ABVP, ACVIM, AVMA, AAV, CVC, IVECCS, ECVIM, SWVS
From the Boards:
* FDA's Report On Go Natural Pet Food
* Oxyglobin Shortage
* Barium Aspiration
* Blue Miracle Ear Cleaner
Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases:
Remembering the Zebras
Global terrorism isn't limited to direct attacks on people. An excellent way to control a country is by controlling its food sources. Are you a trained, front-line defense against animal diseases that can cut your country's food supply, spread into the human population, and cause panic in your countrymen -- or are you still pretty clueless? VIN CE can help you prepare!
This 6 CE credit Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases: Remembering the Zebras course will cover the clinical signs and gross lesions of these diseases -- and the role of the practitioner and other professionals in controlling the outbreak. Veterinarians are the best frontline defense. Be ready. Sign up for this CE course today. Course Description:
Increased international movement of people and animals, and the current geopolitical climate, make incursions of exotic diseases more likely than ever before. The national response to an exotic disease incursion begins with the local practicing veterinarian, who must be able to rapidly recognize the clinical signs and scenarios that are suggestive of various exotic diseases. This course will review the major exotic and emerging animal diseases, emphasizing the clinical signs and gross lesions of these diseases in various species and the role of the practitioner and other professionals. Major emphasis will be placed on including exotic diseases in the differential diagnosis of various clinical presentations and the importance of laboratory support for the diagnosis of both "horses and zebras." Dates:
May 20 - July 1st, 2004 Interactive Sessions:
Thursdays; 5/20, 5/27, 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24;
10:00 -11:00 PM ET (USA) Instructor:
Steve Sorden, DVM, PhD, DACVP CE Hours: 6 CE Credits Tuition:
Member/$86, Non-Member/$141 before May 6th, 2004;
Member/$96, Non-Member/$156 after May 6th, 2004;
VSPN Okay To Register: Visit Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases: Remembering the Zebras and click on the Enroll now link.
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