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Two New Clinical Trials
Looking for Participants!
Between the demands of practice and personal life, your precious free time (if you have any) is probably limited. Did you know you can contribute to veterinary research without leaving your home or office?

Simply visit the Clinical Trials & Research Projects page to find a study recruiting patients. Be a part of the solution. Help lead the way in answering questions that matter.

• Testing of Canine Fecal Samples for the Presence of Parvovirus using Real-time PCR, and Genetic Characterization of the Isolates
  Dr. Melissa Kennedy of the University of Tennessee is looking for dogs with suspected parvoviral infection.
• Efficacy of Doxycycline Therapy for Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Infection in Dogs
  Dr. Pedro Paulo Diniz of North Carolina State University is looking for veterinarians who anticipate seeing at least 5 patients with suspected CGA in the next 12-18 months.

If you have a patient who fits the criteria for either of these newly added clinical trials, click the link to see how to enroll. Check the clinical trials page to see if one of the other ongoing trials might make new or novel therapies available for your patients.

If you would like to add your clinical trial or research project, please complete this survey or contact mrishniw@vin.com.

WOW! VIN's World Wide Web Directory gets a new look.
Check out the Website of the Week in the new and improved VIN WWW Directory.

E-mail your favorite website or ideas for future web sites of the week to Feedback@vin.com. Please be sure to include the complete site address (URL) and tell us why you like it!

New in VeterinaryPartner:

• Ticked Off!
• Rabies Compendium 2008
• Vomiting or Regurgitation?
• Heartworm: The Parasite revised
• Heartworm Treatment revised
• Diagnosis of Heartworm disease revised
• What happens in heartworm disease revised

Texas Farm Radio

• Disease Prevention at Livestock Fairs

Brunfelsia spp (yesterday, today, tomorrow) toxicity in four dogs
Four dogs were treated for acute toxicity following ingestion of the popular garden shrub 'yesterday, today, tomorrow' (Brunfelsia spp). Clinical signs included vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle tremors, anxiousness, opisthotonus, and seizures.

Use of a formulation containing imidacloprid and moxidectin in the treatment of lice infestation in guinea pigs
Ten guinea pigs infested with Gliricola porcelli were free of adult lice and eggs, and of adverse reactions, 30 days after treatment with a single application of 0.05 mL of a solution containing 10% (w/v) imidacloprid and 1% (w/v) moxidectin.

Cytosine arabinoside in addition to VCAA-based protocols for the treatment of canine lymphoma with bone marrow involvement: does it make the difference?
Seventeen dogs were enrolled. Eight were treated with a VCAA-based protocol (Group 1) and nine with the same regimen added with cytosine arabinoside (Group 2). Cytosine arabinoside was administered on a 5-day schedule as an I.V. continuous infusion at the dose of 150 mg m-2 per day for five consecutive days.

What's the value of pre-surgical bloodwork?
If you don't offer all of these tests, is it because the owners likely wouldn't shell out the bucks, or because the probability of finding something wrong is statistically insignificant?

Drug makers agree to ethical code for doctor-company relationships
Yet while the spending code only applies to human medicine, the trend could infiltrate the veterinary profession.

Tooth extraction and other dental care for a dog with gingival recession; handscaling an awake dog
Periodontal disease is a progressive and destructive condition. Much of the damage goes on hidden from view below the gum line until eventually, the gingiva sloughs away and reveals what we see in your patient.

Veterinarians and the law: why the increase in lawsuits; settle out of court vs go to trial
Law suits have become the new lottery. Attorneys on both sides encourage litigation. The idea is to throw a law suit at the wall and see if it sticks.

Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, July 29 9:30 p.m. EDT
(July 30, 1:30 a.m. GMT)
Stop by and chat with your fellow VIN addicts!

How To Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, August 6, 9:30 pm EDT
(August 7, 01:30 am GMT)
Learn how to be a Super VINner!
Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

This Week's Rounds Schedule
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Member Benefit:
Group Membership Rates
Colleagues, working in the same practice, qualify for group membership rates. If more than one member of your practice is using a single VIN login, you and your colleagues should each have your own login and be billed as a group membership. For details, contact membership services at vingram@vin.com.

Get More From VIN!
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.

Funny Bones:
Ask Dr. Google
"Oh look!', She says after a few minutes, "This sounds like you!" and shows me a blog where someone described a similar injury. "Let's see what their doctor thought it was!"

What's Your Diagnosis?
* Ophthalmology Fun 60
* Ophthalmology Fun 61
* Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases

Book Review of the Week:
Small Animal Anesthesia and Analgesia
Purchase this book in the VIN Bookstore!

Website of the Week:
Animals In Research and more...

eVetsite Tip of the Week:
Edit Your Blogs, Testimonials Pages and Guest Books

Associate - Updated and New:
* Hypercalcemia in Cats and Dogs
* Explore the rest of the Associate!

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 Congress, AAV and CVC Central.

These courses are now open for enrollment!
Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE.

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.

Practical Avian Medicine Module 1
Introduction to Birds
October 7 - October 21, 2008

Module 1 will cover the following topics: Avian anatomy and physiology, ID and classification, husbandry and nutrition.

Practical Avian Medicine Module 2
Avian handling and disease recognition
October 21 - November 4, 2008

Avian Handling and Disease Recognition will cover the following topics: Handling, restraint, behavior; disease in commonly kept birds.

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 specifically tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VPSN members.