Browse information relating to a wide variety of species including birds, exotics, ruminants and small mammals. Check out links to helpful VIN resources including slide shows, videos and journal articles, as well as links to pertinent external resources.

The Diagnostic Imaging Center can be reached through the Specialty Center page in the VIN Library and the About Page of the Diagnostic Imaging folder.

Posting on the Message Boards:
Know Your Folders!
One way to get faster responses to your posts is to post in the most specific folder. For example, one of the busiest folders on VIN is Internal Medicine.

If you have a problem diabetic, try posting in the Endocrinology folder. If you have a Dachshund with chronic pain, post in the Neurology folder.

Posting in the most specific folder directs your question to the VIN Consultant/Editors, and Associate Editors most dedicated to your particular concern.

And remember, you don't have to have your name on a folder's About Page to jump in and share your experience. VIN welcomes the viewpoints of all colleagues, so feel free to give the help you'd like to get!

MyStuff Version 1.5.5 and Password Vault
Your MyStuff links and folders are SAFE. But now they live in a new home. MyStuff version 1.5.4 has an all new interface.

• Drag and Drop works better than ever.
• Click the Organize button to open a second list of your folders to organize your folders and links.
• Expand/collapse by folder level.
• Search your MyStuff by typing the names of links or folders and see them directly in the same window -- magically.
• and much, much more...

The new MyVIN interface on Beta.vin.com also includes your own Password Vault -- the antidote for Password Hell!

No more remembering what site to visit and what username and password to use. Enter them once and your Password Vault remembers this information for many of your journal subscriptions and organization memberships.

Your Password Vault will help you jump right from VIN journal abstracts to the FULLTEXT of articles by logging you in to those sites automatically!

Let us know what you think!

More great new features are making their debut on Beta.vin.com! If you want the latest and greatest and want to be on the "bleeding" edge of where VIN is going, make Beta.vin.com your VIN Homepage.

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK and discuss
News reported for YOU...

• Survey suggests recession spares many veterinary practices
  - VNS Report | Discussion
• Veterinarian dies after contracting Hendra virus
  - VNS Report | Discussion
• Rebirth tied to new Vancouver lab
  - VNS Report | Discussion
• Virbac recalls Iverhart Plus
  - VNS Report | Discussion
• Internet tool aims to simplify search for pet microchip registry information
  - VNS Report | Discussion

EVOLVING STORIES
- Veterinarian warns colleagues about online company's business practices
- Doctor of Oriental Medicine - D.O.M.

Be a VIN Newshound:
VNS is here to give YOU a voice and report news that is important to YOU. Got an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering? Post it on the boards or email News@vin.com.

VIN News Service Needs Your Feedback

Share News with nonVINners -- The VIN News Service (without access to the community discussions) is now publicly available at news.vin.com. Check it out and share it.

Now you can follow VNS on Twitter! Simply click the "Send request" button to prompt the (VNS) crew to accept you as a follower.

New and Revised
(Share these with your clients!)

• Real Men Love Cats
• Zinc Poisoning revised

Texas Farm Radio

• Examining the Newborn Foal

The unwanted horse in the United States: an overview of the issue
The unwanted horse is one of the most significant welfare issues facing the U.S. horse industry. This paper discussed the causes of the problem, the types of horses affected, options, pending legislation and efforts by the industry to solve it.

Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157 in animals on public amenity premises in England and Wales, 1997 to 2007
On positive premises, the highest mean proportion of positive samples (29.0%) was in cattle, followed by sheep (24.4%), donkeys (14.6%), pigs (14.3%), horses (12.3%), and goats (9.9%).

Drug resistance in equine parasites: an emerging global problem
The worldwide escalation of parasite resistance is a major cause of concern for the horse industry. Parasite resistance to every main class of equine anthelmintic has been documented.

What should I do about an employee with a baby?
She's a great employee. She can't afford child care, and I dont want to lose her. How to handle this situation; any ideas?

Canine Influenza vaccine
In talking with folks at diagnostic labs, the prevalence of it does not appear to be that significant. In addition, it is generally a mild self-limiting disease.

Heartworm disease with embolization of worms to right lung lobe in a dog
Classic rads. I'm usually amazed at how quickly lungs like this clear up with a couple of days of prednisone and cage rest.

Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, September 8, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Wednesday, September 9, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Stop by and chat with your fellow VIN addicts!

How To Use VIN: Part 2
Wednesday, September 9, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Thursday, September 10, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Learn how to use VIN's Knowledgebase.
Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, September 13, 10 p.m. EDT
(Monday, September 14, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Mandi Schmidt, DVM, for Diagnosis And Treatment Of Atrioventricular (AV) Block.

This Week's Rounds Schedule
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions.
@ = VINCast available for this session

• Vet Tech Specialties
• VIN Secrets @
• Canine Lymphoma @
• NAVDF 2009 Updates @
• VIN/VSPN Rounds: Hypotension @
• Urinary Catheters @
• Quality Control: Hematology @
• Sedation vs. Anesthesia @
• Managing vs. Cutting Costs @
• Property or Person? @
• High Volume Spay/Neuter @
• Veterinary Quiz Challenge
• Feline Vomiting
• Maintaining Practice Value @
• Herbs, Acupuncture, Massage @
• Cases from the Dermatology Trenches @

Want to See What You've Been Missing?
Click the Rounds button on VIN's main navigation bar and read the transcripts of the last few Rounds, click the complete list of Rounds to get to the list of the last 300 Rounds transcripts or click on Rounds and Discussions in the VIN Library.

Rounds are also searchable via the main VIN Search. Just remember to choose Rounds (under the Clinical Resources tab) as the "Source" in your search parameters.

For All You Multi-Taskers:
Download VINCasts to your MP3 player and listen to previous Rounds sessions while you run errands, exercise or steal a few minutes of me-time.

"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 or Ctrl+E on your keyboard) and click all the buttons on VIN's navigation bars.

Group Membership Discounts
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.

Questions? Contact membership services at vingram@vin.com, see this helpful FAQ or call membership services at 1-800-700-4636 (toll free) or 1-530-756-4881 (local).

Book Review of the Week
Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Vol.1
Purchase it in the VIN Bookstore!

Website of the Week
The Hosford Muscle Tables and more...

eVetsites Tip of the Week
No new tip for this week

What's Your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Ophthalmology Fun 91
Zoonosis Case 34

Associate - Updated and New:
Pyelonephritis (canine)
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, ECVIM and SWVS.

VIN addiction
"Dang it! I logged on just to check on one of my posts. Now I've been here for over an hour, my bath water is cold and I missed 'Rescue Me'. Is there a 12 step program for this?"

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE.

Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases: Remembering the Zebras
October 7 - November 18, 2009

This course will review the major exotic and emerging animal diseases, emphasizing the clinical signs and gross lesions of these diseases in various species and the role of the practitioner and other professionals. Major emphasis will be placed on including exotic diseases in the differential diagnosis of various clinical presentations and the importance of laboratory support for the diagnosis of both "horses and zebras."

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.

Continuing Education for your staff!

Exceptional Client Skills Front Desk Module 1
September 24-October 31, 2009

Challenges Facing the Front Desk Module 2
October 29-November 28, 2009

If you're looking for more 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.

Now you can follow VIN CE and VSPN on Twitter! Simply click the "Send request" button to prompt the (VIN/VSPN) crews to accept you as a follower.