Beta.vin.com: Enhance Your VIN Experience!
There are many reasons you will want to choose http://Beta.vin.com as the route by which you enter VIN. Here are just a few:

If you work in a multi-doctor practice, you want to make sure you are accessing and posting under your own name so you can enjoy your own personalized settings and MyStuff (and protect your identity!)

Logging out will also keep you from leaving your identity vulnerable and/or accidentally impersonating a colleague. This hasn't always been an easy task.

The solution is to set http://Beta.vin.com as the way you enter VIN.

The new VIN security system we are testing on Beta.vin.com NOW has a log out function on EVERY PAGE including the secondary security page.

Please give http://Beta.vin.com a good work out.

We promise that everything we ask you to test on http://Beta.vin.com has gone through rigorous testing by many VINners -- and will not cause you to experience the headaches that can come with early versions of software.

Beyond being the first to enjoy new features that will enhance your VIN experience -- your feedback and suggestions will help the VIN Wizards put the final touches on new VIN features and speed moving them to http://WWW.vin.com .

And as always, please let us know if you find any problems using either http://WWW.vin.com or http://Beta.vin.com.

VIN News Service Needs Your Feedback

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK and discuss
News reported for YOU...

• New mystery arises in cases of Fanconi-like syndrome
  - VNS Report | Discussion
• Advanta Bank to close all credit accounts this week
  - VNS Report | Discussion
• Pet food settlement stalled by appeals
  - VNS Report | Discussion
• EVOLVING STORIES
  - Cat-food irradiation banned as pet theory proved
  - Veterinarian accused of neglect speaks out

Be a VIN Newshound:
VNS is here to give YOU a voice and report news that is important to YOU. Got an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering? Post it on the boards or email News@vin.com.

Share News with nonVINners -- The VIN News Service (without access to the community discussions) is now publicly available at news.vin.com. Check it out and share it.

The Diagnostic Imaging Center: Show And Tell VIN Style
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.

Don't be a Stranger!
MyVIN can help you search for colleagues, connect with former classmates and keep your profile updated with current contact info so they can find you.

To get in touch with a VINner directly, go to MyVIN>Colleague>Search. Even if they haven't listed their email address or phone number, you can still send them a message through VIN using the Email icon on their profile page.

Create your My Colleagues List and set your profile preferences any time, from any computer where you have Internet access.

New in VeterinaryPartner:

• A Great Start for Puppies
• Babesia Infection in Dogs revised

Texas Farm Radio

• Low Heels in Equine Hind Feet

Molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium isolates from pet reptiles
Cryptosporidium was detected in 38.6% and 25.1% of the samples analysed by immunofluorescence and PCR, respectively. Molecular characterisation of the isolates confirmed that C. serpentis and C. varanii (syn. C. saurophilum) are the main species involved in infection in pet reptiles, but also showed the presence of C. parvum and C. muris, as well as other species or genotypes of this parasite.

Clinical Technique: Amphibian Hematology: A Practitioner's Guide
This basic summary reference guide was prepared to facilitate interpretation of the amphibian complete blood count for the veterinary clinician.

Melamine settlement stalled
A total 24,950 pet owners in the United States and Canada have applied for compensation under the settlement, according to Russell Paul, co-lead counsel for the class.
Related VNS Story

Rewarding staffers
I have worked at other clinics where morale was poor, staff turnover rate was high, there was no independent thinking by the staff, no anticipating needs and no pride in the job well done. These clinics had reward programs that just did not make any difference!

Stunted Shih Tzu puppy with uremia and proteinuria
Unfortunately, renal dysplasia is common in the Shih Tzu breed. Hopefully the breeder will retire the parents from breeding and be more careful in screening puppies before placing them.

The recent polo horse deaths: who is liable for improperly compounded medication?
Who is liable in this case where a veterinarian wrote a prescription to have a supplement compounded for the team? The supplement was improperly compounded and the horses deaths are potentially a direct result of that mistake.

How To Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, June 3, 9:30 pm EDT
(Thursday, June 4, 1:30 am GMT/UTC)
Learn how to use VIN's Knowledgebase.
Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, June 7, 10 p.m. EDT
(Thursday, June 8, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Mary Margaret McEachern, JD, for What Is That Doggy In The Window: Property, Person, Or Something In-Between?

This Week's Rounds Schedule
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions.

Want to See What You've Been Missing?
Click the Rounds button on VIN's main navigation bar and read the transcripts of the last few Rounds, click the complete list of Rounds to get to the list of the last 300 Rounds transcripts or click on Rounds and Discussions in the VIN Library.

Rounds are also searchable via the Search button. Just remember to choose Rounds (under the Clinical Resources tab) as the "Source" in your search parameters.

For All You Multi-Taskers:
Download VINCasts to your MP3 player and listen to previous Rounds sessions while you run errands, exercise or steal a few minutes of me-time.

Recent Rounds
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• Hostilities in the Workplace @
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• Feline Anesthesia
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• The VIN Community @

Member Benefit:
Veterinary Journals Online
When you SEARCH VIN, you scan nearly 2 million content items. Within this mass of information are citations and abstracts relevant to veterinary practice from thousands of clinical and biomedical journals.

In the VIN Library, you'll find a complete (well, likely a few have been missed) collection of citations and abstracts (and sometimes more) from over 150 core veterinary journals.

Get More From VIN
"How to Use VIN" resources:
The three-part "How To Use VIN" course can be taken live (on the first three Wednesday nights of each month), or you can do it as self study.

If you'd like to take the live sessions, e-mail Nate at Nate@VIN.com, and tell him you'd like to sign up for the How To Course.

To keep up with VIN's growth, take the time to explore the Front Page at least once a week, read the VIN This Week (VINTW) newsletter twice a week, explore the VINDEX (VIN's Front Page, right hand column) and click all the buttons on VIN's navigation bars.

Need Help?
Having trouble logging in to VIN? Questions about your membership? Can't find that reference you need for a tough case? Help is a click, email or phone call away! (Hint: you can find this page anytime by clicking HELP on the main VIN Navigation Bar.)

Funny Bones:
The Good Wife's Guide
"I think I'm gonna vomit......after I stop laughing. Oh, wait - let me put a ribbon in my hair first so I'll be all fresh-looking!! I love the parts that are underlined for emphasis - the extra-subservient parts! I would not make a good 1950's wife."

What's Your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
* Zoonosis Case 18

Associate - Updated and New:
Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis dogs
Explore the rest of Associate!

Website of the Week
Veterinarians without Borders US and more...

eVetsites Tip of the Week
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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, SEVC, PVC, and ESFM

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE.

Lions and Tigers and Servals, Oh My: Basic Medicine and Husbandry of Non-Domestic Cats
June 7 - September 6, 2009

This 2-week course will describe basic husbandry, nutrition, hand-rearing, enrichment and housing for large and small exotic cats, from servals to lions. Vaccination protocols, common (and not-so-common) medical problems, common dental problems, anesthesia and diagnostics for large and small non-domestic cats will be discussed.

Practical Avian Medicine Module 9
Avian Anesthesia and Surgery
July 7 - July 21, 2009

Module 9 will cover avian anesthesia and analgesia, soft tissue surgery.

Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Part II
October 4 - December 20, 2009

Participants will study personnel specifications, job descriptions, training records and employee appraisals, learn about audits in the veterinary clinical pathology laboratory and determination of reference intervals. Improvement Opportunities, external Quality Assurance performance and a Quality Plan for the laboratory are the final topics in Part II.

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.