Meet the VIN Consultants!
If the Database is the "brains" of VIN, the Message Boards are the Heart and Soul of VIN. Whether you are a frequent poster, lurker, or mostly read the Boards when discussions come up in your database searches, you've probably wondered... "Who are those seemingly tireless folks giving their time and energy to help so many VINner's every day?" Meet the VIN Consultant Team -- 185 of the most dedicated and talented leaders in veterinary medicine monitoring and facilitating clinical discussions that help us all be better clinicians while helping individual VINners manage THEIR cases. Are you a Specialist who loves helping (and learning from) your colleagues? Call Paul D. Pion, DVM, DipACVIM (Cardiology) at 530-757-6881 or email to Paul@vin.com.
Sleepless in the OR
Do you find yourself searching for the latest anesthesia protocols, repeatedly looking up dosages for the analgesics or wishing that all of the analgesic/anesthetic calculators and drug tables were in one place on VIN? You’re in luck! All of those resources and more are now availble at the click of your mouse in the new Anesthesia/Analgesia Specialty Center! The Anesthesia/Analgesia Center can be reached through the About this Folder page in the Anesthesia/Analgesia Message folder and through the Specialty & Species page of the Library.
Don’t let pain keep those animals up! Don’t let anesthesia quandaries get you down!
News That's Fit to Click...and discuss
News reported by Jennifer Fiala
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Texas Farm Radio
Screening for skin carriage of methicillin-resistant coagulase-positive staphylococci and Staphylococcus schleiferi in dogs with healthy and inflamed skin
Methicillin resistance rates of 41% for Staphylococcus aureus, 16% for S. intermedius, and 40% for S. schleiferi have recently been reported in canine patients. These were deemed to be reflective of referral and clinician-selection biases, which would imply significantly lower methicillin-resistant staphylococcal carriage rates in less-biased canine populations.
Pathogenesis of canine interdigital palmar and plantar comedones and follicular cysts, and their response to laser surgery
Laser surgery allowed removal of multiple layers of cysts and adjacent hair follicles and the tracking and removal of sinuses. One dog was euthanized for orthopaedic lameness 1 month after laser surgery, but post-surgical follow-up (1.0-8.0 years - mean 3 years) from the remaining 27 dogs revealed that laser therapy of affected skin and adjacent hair follicles resulted in resolution of interdigital lesions in 25.
What's the value of pre-surgical bloodwork?
Are you keeping track on how many phone calls about prices for spay/neuter you are getting and the percentage of these calls that you actually are booking?
Oral therapy for lymphoma?
None of these as single agents are shown to improve lifespan in this setting. If there are no clinical signs to palliate, my suggestion would be not to treat at all.
What are recent graduates looking for in their first job?
I knew I was going to have to "grow my own" if I ever wanted a full time associate that would stay here. My new grad has family here and always wanted to return and work here. She has been working for me since high school. You have to get one of those, a high school student who wants to be a vet and has family there, and is willing to come back to that area.
Diagnosing a dog with detruser instability; importance of urine culture before the use of antibiotics
One of the problems we have is that around here, people have this mindset that if the animal has an accident in the house, it's a UTI. The truth is, a minority of these are true UTIs!
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, July 22, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(July 23, 1:30 a.m. GMT)
Stop by and chat with your fellow VIN addicts!
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, July 27, 10 p.m. EDT
(July 28, 2 a.m. GMT)
It's time for another Veterinary Quiz Challenge. Show off your knowledge for fun, fame and prizes.
Use the Rounds link to join the discussions above.
This Week's Rounds Schedule
Recent Rounds
@ = VINcast is available for this session Feline Retrovirus Management AAFP What's New in Dermatology: Update Information Technology Tips @ Twenty Interviewing Mistakes @ Renal Hyperphosphatemia @
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Continual Education
Dont just attend CE - learn and enjoy! VIN continual education courses are unlike any CE you've experienced. If you need CE credits, VIN can help you meet your continual education requirements and have fun at the same time - all from the comfort and convenience of your home or office!
Experience direct interaction among instructors and fellow participants daily on the message boards and during the weekly real time sessions. Please visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog for information on current courses.
From The VINdex:
"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.
Funny Bones:
My house, 5 a.m.
"At this point, Sake gets a difficult lesson in physics: objects in motion tend to remain in motion. In particular, kittens hopping to the rim of the toilet at full speed don't have the ability to remain on the rim of the toilet"
What's Your Diagnosis?
* Dental Brain Teaser 72
* Equine Fun Case 22
* Ophthalmology Fun 60
* Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Associate - Updated and New:
* Feline hypertension
* Explore the rest of Associate!
Book Review of the Week:
Handbook of Veterinary Emergency Protocols: Dog and Cat
Purchase this book in the VIN Bookstore! Website of the Week:
Disaster Preparedness and Response and more... eVetsite Tip of the Week:
Flash Animations for eVetsites
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: World Veterinary Conference, AAV and CVC Central.
This course is now open for enrollment!
Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE.
Practical Avian Medicine Module 1
Introduction to Birds
October 7 - October 21, 2008 The Practical Avian Medicine series is presented by the Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV) and Veterinary Information Network (VIN) with the goal to provide veterinarians with solid basic avian medical knowledge that is applicable to everyday practice. There will be 9 modules, which are each 2 weeks long. Module 1 will cover the following topics: Avian anatomy and physiology, ID and classification, husbandry and nutrition. 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.
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