What's the Dose?
When searching VIN for information on drugs, one useful trick is to click the Drug Resources tab to limit your search to information from Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, the NACA Formulary, COMPAS MSDS Sheets, the CVP Drug Label Database, the Pet Pharmacy (client handouts) and other valuable drug resources. Find even more helpful information on the Drug Resources page in the Library. NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK...and discuss
News reported for YOU..
Learn more about the VIN News Service (VNS); help make the VNS what you want it to be by sharing WHAT YOU THINK with the VNS staff and all VINners. Shortage of human rabies vaccine nears, CDC warns
- VNS Report | Discussion UPDATE: Disgruntled CVMA members spin off with new group
-VNS Report | Discussion
Look No Further...Great CE is in Sight!
If you're keeping your eyes peeled for the latest ophthalmology CE offerings, Boston may be your cup of tea! The American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists 2008 Annual Conference runs October 15-18, 2008. Review the 2007 proceedings.
The VIN Forms and Handouts Collection Keeps Growing!
Thanks to the generosity of VINners, the growing collection holds dozens of useful forms you can download and modify to use in your practice! Recently added: Want to share your favorite forms with other VINners? E-mail the text (or a scanned image) of the form to VINdatabase@vin.com or send a copy of the form via snail mail to: Dr. Nicky Mastin, PO Box 2, The Sea Ranch, CA 95497. Be sure to include your name, telephone number and e-mail address with the copy.
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Texas Farm Radio
Medical management of canine and feline dystocia
This paper focuses on the decision making necessary prior to instituting medical management for cases of dystocia in both bitches and queens, and describes available therapeutics.
Surgical management of canine and feline dystocia
Both species showed a similar ability to establish a relatively amicable relationship with the other species; the animals’ gender had little influence on the nature of their interrelationship; and adoption of the cat prior to the dog appears to conduce to establishing an amicable relationship.
Research paper citation record keeping: It is not for whimps
In an era in which academic institutions are held more accountable, a problem, which does not seem to have an immediate resolution exists: how does one demonstrate the quality of one's work? Specifically, how does one show that his/her research is making an impact and is thought to be important?
Non-surgical options for calf's hernia
I have a just weaned 3 month old holstein steer with a fist sized reducible umbilical hernia. The researcher that intends to utilize the animal for internal parasite study has asked me to manage this animal without resorting to the traditional major abdominal surgery.
Craigslist donation issues
It would never be worth the aggravation to me. I'd say good bye to these new client beggars, and do without their business. I'd refuse to accept the donations, tell the owner they will need to pay me directly, or they can choose another practice.
Should anal gland expression be free?
Do you consider expressing anal glands as part of a routine yearly visit or is it a separate procedure? Lost a client today because I charged for expressing anal glands at a yearly visit ...
Catheterizing a female cat: method and instruments
The problem is, other mucosal folds look like slits. So, you need the one that's right on the midline and for that you need the cats on their bellies, legs dangling off the table and perfectly straight ...
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, August 31 ~ NO ROUNDS
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How To Use VIN: Part 1
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This Week's Rounds Schedule
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions.
Recent Rounds
@ = VINcast is available for this session Compounding Controversies @ The VIN Community: For Vets, By Vets @ The Art of Fecal Analysis @ Veterinary Quiz Challenge
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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.
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Post a Medical Video
Want your VIN colleagues to take a peek at a case for you? Email your video to Videos@vin.com and the VIN multimedia team will compress and convert it to a format your fellow VINners can easily view on the message boards. Be sure to include a description of the case, title and/or URL of the discussion where you are sharing the case with VINners.
Funny Bones:
Cat With Four Ears
"But I bet he still doesn't come when you call."
What's Your Diagnosis?
*Dermatology Fun 22: Kitty Paws
*Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Book Review of the Week:
Flynn's Parasites of Laboratory Animals, Second Edition
Purchase it in the VIN Bookstore! Website of the Week:
Cumulative Veterinary Adverse Drug Experience (ADE) Reports and more... eVetsitesTip of the Week:
Page Width Control – Multiple Image Tables
Associate - Updated and New:
* Did you know that the hyperdynamic phase of shock is rarely seen in cats as most of them present in the "hypodynamic phase"
* Explore the rest of 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: IVECCS, AAFP, ESFM and Veterinary Dental Forum.
NAVLE Review and Preparation
September 28 - November 16, 2008
Enrollment will open for this course in early September 2008. This is a seven-session course to help senior veterinary students and veterinarians prepare for the North American Veterinary Licensure Exam (NAVLE®). Students will have the opportunity to interact with other NAVLE® candidates and professors in class and on the message boards. (NOTE: Enrollment will be limited to 350 registrants and this class fills up QUICKLY. Please enroll only if planning on attending all real-time sessions and fully participating in the course.) 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.
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