VIN is hosting the cyber cafe. You'll find the cyber cafe outside the exhibit hall in the Napoleon Pre-Function Area. Stop by, check your email and say "Hi"!

Do you use VIN's Search to its full potential?
Come to the How To session on August 18, and learn more about the variables (Sources, Specificity, Time, search words, etc.) you can use to make your Search more useful. (Or post your Search questions in the Message Boards, and get help that way!)

The VIN Store
- A Perfect Member Benefit
- A Purrfect Donation to Feline Research
You are an information junkie. So are your friends and colleagues. VIN has the perfect member benefit to help. The VIN Bookstore - the best prices and free shipping on many orders. We do it all for YOU!

• Great information resources
• VIN Member Discounts
• Gift Certificates Available

Some titles may have extended delivery dates -- that's how we keep prices so low -- so ORDER EARLY!

Featured Item:
Feline Infectious Peritonitis: International Feline Coronavirus/FIP Conference, Glasgow, 2002

List Price: $25.00 VIN Member Price: $22.50

Authors: Susan Little, DVM, DABVP (Feline) and Janet Wolf (Executive Director, Winn Feline Foundation); edited by Dr. Al Legendre (University of Tennessee)

The Second International Feline Coronavirus/FIP Symposium was held August 2002 in Glasgow, Scotland and featured three days of cutting edge research devoted exclusively to FCoV and FIP, presented by international experts such as Dr. Niels Pedersen, Dr. Diane Addie, Dr. Katrin Hartmann, Dr. Hans Lutz and many others.

Also featuring:
Feline Reproduction: A Manual for Breeders and Veterinarians

List Price: $45.00 VIN Member Price: $40.50

Author: Susan Little, DVM, DABVP (Feline)

This CD-ROM provides an overview of feline reproduction, including normal physiology and infertility. Focused primarily on practical aspects of reproduction, this CD is intended to assist veterinarians and breeders at an introductory level offering many practical observations and tips. The CD is generously illustrated throughout with photos of both normal and pathological conditions. A drug formulary specific to reproduction is also provided, as well as an extensive glossary that is available by clicking on highlighted terms.

Proceeds from the sale of these two featured items go to the Winn Feline Foundation. Find them in the VINstore:

• Feline Infectious Peritonitis
• Feline Reproduction

Proceedings on VIN
ECVIM-CA 2003 Proceedings are available on VIN. Do you plan to attend the ECVIM-CA in Barcelona this year? Stop by the VIN Cyber Cafe to check your email and see what's new on VIN.

IVECCS 2003 Proceedings are available on VIN. Do you plan to attend IVECCS 2004 in San Diego? Stop by the VIN Cyber Cafe to check your email and say "Hi!"

What's New on VIN?
References: How To Cite Online Sources (Proceedings, Books, Etc.)

Constant Rate Infusion (CRI) Information Library: Drug Dose Tables

Movies:

• Licking Air While On Cement. OCD Behavior? - Dr. Hallett
• Calculi in the Bladder - Dr. Blevins

Forms: Absent Owner Form

Client Handouts: African Spurred Tortoise, Geochelone sulcata

New on VeterinaryPartner.com:

• Lateral Ear Resection
• Revision: Fludrocortisone Acetate (Florinef)
• Revision: Transitional Cell Carcinoma
• Training: What Does Your Dog Need?
• Teach Your Cat to Enjoy Being Petted

Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis Secondary to Porcupine Quill Migration in a Dog
Septic arthritis caused by a migrating porcupine quill should be considered in dogs with joint effusion after exposure to porcupine quills.

The prevalence and distribution of gastric ulceration in 345 racehorses
Gastric ulceration was found in 86% of racehorses.

Chrysomya bezziana in pet dogs in Hong Kong: a potential threat to Australia
The Old World Screwworm fly (Chrysomya bezziana) has recently been causing aggressive myiasis in pet dogs in Hong Kong.

Echocardiographic parameters in 14 healthy English Bull Terriers
These 14 dogs had greater left ventricular wall thickness and smaller aortic root diameters than those reported as normal for other breeds of comparable body size. Left atrial dimensions were also larger and they had higher aortic velocities than those reported for other breeds.

Seizure Collie, Possible Permethrin Exposure
Any chance they were using an ivermectin compound in the feedlot? Many of the signs are suggestive of an ivermectin intoxication (eg., delayed menace, dilated pupils, tremors, general depression).

Digital Radiography: Equipment, Printing, Costs, Image Examples
Discussion and examples of digital radiography ...

Basset Problems
My scientific analysis suppports you. An astonishing eighty percent of the dogs I see have "been abused" as pups! Almost none of the problems are because they are untrained, poorly handled, fearful, poorly socialized, or just plain disobedient. None!! It's amazing.

Anesthesia - Fees Based On Weight?
Not so recently, I found out that, for most practices, general anesthesia fees were independent of patient size/weight. Is that how most of you price your anesthesia?

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, August 15, 10 pm ET -
Join Richard Goebel, DVM, for Mergers For Practices At Risk As An Exit Strategy.
Rounds Room - use the link in the Rounds Schedule to join the discussion

Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, August 17, 9:30 pm ET -
What are you doing to make your non-veterinary life better? Stop by and share! (BTW, we're playing in the *new* Unity Room, so come by to see what this new chatroom can do!)
Rounds Room - use the special Coffeehouse link to join the discussion

How To Course: Part 3
Wednesday, August 18, 9:30 pm ET -
Learn how to use VIN's knowledgebase. Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-part course.
Rounds Room -- use the link in the Rounds Schedule to join the discussion

Recent Rounds

Abstract Of The Week:
Hepatotoxicity Associated with Lomustine

What's Your Diagnosis?
Dental Brain-Teaser 24

Website Of The Week:
Veterinary Clinical Cardiology and more...

Book Review:
Veterinary Oncology (The Practical Veterinarian Series)
This resource is available in the VINstore.

eVetsites Tip of the Week:
Internet Search Engines and 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: AAV, CVC, IVECCS, ECVIM, SWVS

From the Boards:
* Onions Toxic To Birds?
* Aspirin's Anti-Thrombotic Effect
* Burnout In Solos?
* Ram Castration

Organ System and Core Review Module C

• Planning to take the ABVP General Examination?
• Looking for a comprehensive review of what's new in the pathophysiology and treatment of disease in dogs and cats?

The Organ System and Core Review is the course for you! Don't worry if you missed Modules A and B, we still have lots of great topics to cover in Module C!

Course Description:
Module C includes the following topics:
Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Respiratory and Hematology/Chemistry.

Within these topics, you will learn the important pathophysiologic mechanisms that underlie the diagnosis and treatment of disease in dogs and cats.

Instructor:
Course Coordinator: Katherine M. James, DVM, PhD

Dates:
September 1 - October 27, 2004
Interactive sessions:
Wednesdays during this period, 9:30 - 11:30 PM ET

CE Hours: 16

Tuition:
Member/$230,Non-Member/$323 before August 18th,2004;
Member/$256, Non-Member/$359 after August 18th, 2004.

To Register: Visit Organ System and Core Review on the main CE page (www.vin.com/CE) and click on the Enroll now link.

Interested in other online VIN CE?

Scheduled courses include:

• Shelter Medicine
• Equine Hindlimb Lameness (with AAEP)
• Herbal Medicine
• Ferret Medicine

Use the CE button on VIN's main nav bar to learn more about these courses -- and to enroll!

Looking for more CE for your staff?
VSPN can help!

Upcoming VSPN CE Classes:

• Basic Receptionist
• Shelter Medicine
• Practice Management - Team Building
• Intermediate Receptionist

VSPN's CE is the perfect solution. It's convenient, inexpensive, and fits everyone's schedule.