VIN Member Breakfast at ACVIM!
The 2008 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum is just around the corner... June 4-7 in San Antonio, Texas.Start your Saturday at the VIN Member breakfast!
Meet fellow VINners, including several of your favorite VIN Consultants/Editors and Reps. Paul will be demonstrating and previewing many fun and new VIN features! See you there! Date: Saturday, June 7
Time: 6:30 - 7:50 am
Place: Marriott Riverwalk Hotel Grand Ballroom Salons C& D
Please RSVP with this quick questionnaire. Don't miss the ACVIM 2007 proceedings in the VIN Library.
Neurology at Your Finger Tips!
Searching for help with a seizuring cat or a dog with head trauma? Forgot how to localize Horner's syndrome? The Neurology Specialty Center is the place to visit! There's an extensive list of up-to-date Associate chapters for the cat and dog, links to full-text neurology journals and great video examples of neurology cases. Read up on descriptions of neurologic procedures and techniques and find links to helpful websites and other resources. The Neurology Specialty Center can be found in the Specialty and Species area of the VIN Library and on the About Page of the Neurology folder in the VIN message boards. Keep your eyes peeled for more new information centers coming soon!
There's Something Fishy Going On!
The International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine is making their complete proceedings archive available to the scientific community. Browse articles from 2003 to 2007 by speaker or category or you can search by topic. The complete archive will be finished in time for the 2009 IAAAM conference. Forty years of information on topics from tumors in Tursiops (dolphins) to fish vaccinations to environmental conservation will be available at your fin-tips!
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Texas Farm Radio
Screening and medical management of feline kidney transplant candidate
Hundreds of cats with failing kidneys have successfully recovered after undergoing this life-saving procedure. Find out how to determine whether some of your feline patients would make good candidates and how to monitor recipients long-term.
Effects of allopurinol on plasma uric acid levels in normouricaemic and hyperuricaemic green iguanas (Iguana iguana)
The allopurinol was well tolerated, and there was no significant clinical, gross or histological evidence of hepatic or renal toxicity in the iguanas that received the drug. However, in the kidneys of the hyperuricaemic iguanas that did not receive allopurinol there were proliferative changes in the glomeruli and degeneration of tubular epithelia. Allopurinol given orally at 25 mg/kg daily is able to reduce plasma uric acid levels by 41 to 45 per cent, and is therefore recommended for the treatment of hyperuricaemia in the green iguana.
Efficacy of selamectin in the treatment of cheyletiellosis in pet rabbits
In this study, a total of 23 rabbits with cheyletiellosis were treated with a single topical application of selamectin at a dose of 12 mg/kg. Five weeks after selamectin application, the scaling and pruritus had resolved in all 23 rabbits, and microscopic examination of epidermal debris collected by acetate tape and flea combing was all negative for mites and eggs. No side-effects were observed in any of the rabbits.
Brucellosis in kennel
I have had more calls about Brucella positive dogs in the last year, than I had in the previous 10 years. If we have all, breeders and veterinarians, gotten lazy in testing, histories as this should be our wake up call.
Pennsylvania wants to require veterinarians to treat, even if the clients can't pay
The point here is that if the "government" starts dictating who you shall see, and they are going to be doing the fee paying, things could get ugly for us if a good percentage of people walking through our doors are subject to this edict.
Posting fees on your practice website
I have seen one or two veterinarians who have posted their fees on their websites for some of their more common procedures. What do you all think?
Treatment for herpetic keratitis in horse; video of tear film breakup time test
The diagnosis of herpes or viral keratitis is controversial. At this stage of my career, I am not sure whether it exists or not. But when I do believe a case could have a virus, I generally use topical NSAIDS -- in particular, voltaren.
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, May 25 - No Rounds.
It's Memorial Day in the USA!
Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, May 27, 9:30 pm EDT (May 28, 01:30 am GMT)
Stop by and chat with your fellow VIN addicts!
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, June 1, 10:00 pm EDT (June 2, 02:00 am GMT)
Join Katharine Lunn, BVMS, MS, PhD, MRCVS, DACVIM, for Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia In Dogs: An Update.
This Week's Rounds Schedule
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions.
Recent Rounds
@ = VINcast is available for this session Diagnostic Dilemmas of Feline Heartworm Dz @ Feline Alopecia @ Chronic Feline Ocular Diseases Transfusion FAQs @ Evidence Forum on Lymphoma @ Purchases or Buy-ins by Non-Vets @
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Plan to hire a new grad!
Many of the best graduating seniors are regular VIN users. Post your position in Vetquest Classifieds. Please use the Positions Offered -- New Graduates category as this is where we encourage the 2008 Graduates to search for open positions and post their resumes. This is a FREE service provided by VIN and VETQUEST.
Get More From VIN!
From The VINdex: Clinical Trials
Help advance veterinary medicine! Participate in clinical trials.
Funny Bones:
Lecturer Stories
"At Texas A&M we had a very sweet professor of histology who used "essentially" and "if you will" way too often - more than once per minute. As much as we giggled about that, it makes me wonder how often I say "like", "you know", "um" or something to my clients."
What's Your Diagnosis?
* DI Challenge 2
* Dental Brain-Teaser 71
* Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Associate - Updated and New:
* Is Heterochromia a pathological disease or a normal finding?
* Explore the rest of the Associate!
Book Review of the Week:
Veterinary Medical Team Handbook
Purchase this book in the VIN Bookstore!
Website of the Week:
Worms and Germs Blog and more…
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: EVECCS, ACVIM and SEVC.
These courses are now open for enrollment!
Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE.
Basic Fish Medicine
May 20 - June 17, 2008
(Also open to staff at www.VSPN.org) Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 5
May 12 - June 7, 2008 Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Part I
June 8 - September 14 Organ System and ABVP Core Examination Review Module B
June 12 - August 14, 2008 Veterinary Dental Techniques Module 6
June 23 - July 14, 2008 Veterinary Cytology & Fluid Analysis
July 8 - August 19 Organ System and ABVP Core Examination Review Module C
August 21 - October 23, 2008 Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Part II
October 26 - January 11 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.
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