Are Clients Asking About Fireworks Paranoia/Anxiety?
Not clear on just how to handle this loud and explosive holiday? Need a source of advice for your clients with fearful dogs? Just have a need to know? Take a look at this article on VeterinaryPartner.com!
Interested in participating in a clinical trial?
Are your patients qualified for any of the Clinical Trials and Research Projects listed on VIN? Contact the researchers, and find out!
Reminder!
VIN is a world-wide community. When posting your cases, try to keep acronyms and abbreviations to a minimum -- or at least use the full phrase once, to make it easier for other VINners to understand. If you run across an acronym you don't recognize, check out VIN's Abbreviations page. Newly-Added to the OSHA Center
Would YOU like to mentor a vet student?
The Adopt A Vet/Student program needs more equine, mixed, and food animal VINners who want to mentor a student. To sign up, click Adopt-A-Vet in VINdex (right column, Front Page). Noteworthy in VIN's Bookstore
Written by our very own Jan Bellows, DVM, DAVDC, DABVP(Dentistry). Find the VIN Bookstore link in VINdex [Front Page] for more exceptional resources. Newly Added To VeterinaryPartner.com:
Bacterial Translocation
Because bacterial translocation (BT) is associated with ischemia/reperfusion, it is important to rapidly resuscitate patients to restore tissue perfusion. Nutrition, along with prokinetic drugs, protectants, and antioxidants, has shown benefit in preventing BT and its life-threatening effects.
Common Virus Infections in Cats, Before and After Being Placed in Shelters, with Emphasis on Feline Enteric Coronavirus
Although shelters were not the primary source of these viruses for many relinquished cats, factors intrinsic to the shelter environment were critical in amplifying shedding and spread to susceptible individuals.
Occult Urinary Cystitis in Diabetic Dogs
Since diabetic dogs often have occult urinary tract infections, the urine on all diabetic dogs should be cultured for bacteria.
At-Home Measurement of Capillary Blood Glucose Concentrations
Measurement of capillary blood glucose concentrations from the ears of diabetic cats and dogs by owners may be beneficial in diabetic management, but careful owner instructions are essential for success.
Regurgitating Blue and Gold
I almost never take more than one contrast shot at 30-40 minutes. That usually gets a good pictures of most of the GI tract. If I am interested in lower GI and cloaca, I might wait another 15-20 minutes. If I am concerned about the crop and esophagus, I might take it at 15 minutes and a trach tube is mandatory. I use a plexiglas board with no positioning aids on the board. Just place the bird on the board and secure with masking tape.
Was Exploratory Surgery Indicated?
If you don't do any negative exploratories, then you don't do enough exploratories.
What's a Normal Cancellation Requirement in a Relief Vet's Contract?
My long term relief DVM just gave me a new contract with a 180 day cancellation notice. In other words, I have to pay her if I cancel dates with less than a 6 month notice. Is it just me, or is this unreasonable? What IS reasonable?
Soft Enamel in Young Italian Greyhound: How to Save Teeth?
Most cases of enamel hypocalcification are the result of some systemic disorder during the period of ameleogenesis (enamel production) that disrupts the activity of the ameleoblast (enamel-producing cells).
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, June 27, 10 pm ET -
Join Jill Lurye, DVM, MS, DACVIM, for Diagnostic Testing for Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism. Preview the slides before the session.
Rounds Room
Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, June 29, 9:30 pm ET -
Had any strange patients lately? Stop by and share!
Rounds Room
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, July 4 - NO Rounds
No Rounds today! It's Independence Day in the USA!
Recent Rounds
 Abstract Of The Week:
Relationships Between Consumption Of Canned Food And Risk Of Hyperthyroidism In Cats
What's Your Diagnosis?
Dental Brain-Teaser 22
Website Of The Week:
Infectious Disease In Food Animals, and Genetic Malformations In Cats
Book Review:
Breed Predispositions to Disease in Dogs and Cats
This resource is available in the VINstore. eVetsites Tip of the Week:
eVetsite Pricing Discount for VIN Members
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: AVMA, NEVC, AAV, CVC, IVECCS, ECVIM, SWVS
From the Boards:
* Adult Canine Vaccine
* Concerned about Bonding Behavior
* Credit Card Machines
* Tamiflu and Parvo
Effective Teaching & Training Work
- Are you frustrated by your current methods for orienting new staff to your practice? (Do you even *have* a method? Or do you just throw new staffers into the pool and let them sink or swim on their own?)
- Do you feel that you quickly and easily train tenured staffers to handle new jobs and techniques? (Or do you just let them pick it up piecemeal pick up from other staff?)
We can help! Effective Teaching & Training Work will cover the time-tested effective Orientation & Training programs, and show you how to apply the skills of effective teaching to scenarios for new and tenured staff. Instructor:
Thomas E. Catanzaro, DVM, MHA, FACHE
Diplomate, American College of Healthcare Executives Dates: August 3 to August 24, 2004
Interactive Sessions: Tuesdays; 9:30 - 11:30 PM ET CE Hours: 6 Tuition:
Member/ $86, Non-Member/$141 by July 20th;
Member/ $96, Non-Member/$156 after July 20th; To register or learn more about this course, click on Effective Teaching & Training Work. (This course is open for enrollment to veterinary technicians.) Looking for more CE? Scheduled VIN CE courses include:
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