Help Your Colleagues In the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Donating directly to the Lousiana or Mississippi VMA relief funds ensures that your donation will go directly to veterinary efforts working toward veterinary and animal relief. Click here to give what you can. The VIN Foundation (a tax-exempt corporation) will ensure that 100% of your tax-deductible donation is forwarded to the relief effort(s) you designate. The VIN Foundation is paying all credit card transaction fees and programming costs related to this effort Thank you for helping us show our colleagues in need that the VIN/VSPN community and all colleagues are here to help. As we receive news updates related to veterinary medical matters, we will post them on VIN's news page.
Community for Your Support Staff
Your support staff can interact with their colleagues on Veterinary Support Personnel Network. VSPN membership is FREE for people working with, for, or in the field of veterinary medicine. VSPN also offers online continual education oppourtunities for your staff! For a list of upcoming CE for your staff check out the VSPN CE Course Catalog. Encourage your staff to register with VSPN and attend the joint VIN/VSPN Rounds this Sunday.
Welcome to Stokes Pharmacy, the newest folder participant in the Vet Industry message board!
We're excited by the opportunities to share knowledge and support that Stokes Pharmacy will bring to the VIN community. Please take a moment to welcome our newest addition to the Vet Industry message board. (While you're in the industry folders, check out all of the other companies that are willing and able to answer your product questions!) A Note From Paul About Industry on VIN:
As a result of the recent rapid rise in the number of industry folders on VIN, a few have written to ask if VIN has changed its position regarding independence from industry. Rest assured that nothing has changed. VIN remains committed to the VIN Policies on Commercialism. We all benefit from increased communication and access between colleagues in practice, academia, and industry. Facilitating this communication is our goal. We are pleased that more of our colleagues in industry are recognizing this and joining the discussion.
New Articles On VeterinaryPartner.com:
Texas Farm Radio:
Inheritance of Cataract in the Bichon Frise
Thirty-six closely related Bichon Frise dogs in a pedigree of 61 dogs were examined using slit-lamp biomicroscopy and indirect ophthalmoscopy over a period of 10 years. Age at onset of cataract formation ranged from 18 to 160 months. Available information suggests that the cataracts are inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. The authors conclude that cataracts appear inherited in the Bichon Frise as an autosomal recessive trait. Additional cataract x cataract matings are necessary to confirm the autosomal recessive heredity.
Transfusion Reactions
A febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction is usually mild. After the patient has been reassessed, the blood production administration rate slowed, and diphenhydramine administered, the transfusion can be completed.
Use of Pedometers to Measure Physical Activity in Dogs
Results suggest that pedometers can measure physical activity in dogs with reasonable accuracy. A lower number of steps per day was associated with a higher body condition score, and less active owners generally had less active dogs.
Thromboelastography: A Tool for Measuring Hypercoagulability, Hypocoagulability, and Fibrinolysis
Thromboelastography, or TEG, has been used for documentation of hypercoagulable and hypocoagulable states in human medicine and has been shown to be beneficial in patient management, providing information about coagulation that is not available through routine coagulation tests. While clinical veterinary use has been limited so far, hypercoagulable conditions encountered in veterinary medicine make this test attractive. However, prospective clinical studies are needed.
Could I Have Done Anything About This Portal Vein Thrombosis?
A portal vein thrombus should result in a pure transudate, as the obstruction causing the portal hypertension is pre-sinusoidal, or caudal to the liver. Therefore the fluid develops, but it is low in protein because ...
Video: Is Your Pet In Pain?
Just wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to see the CSU pain management video that Pete Hellyer put together.
DVM Reports Positive Experience With Radiation
Therapy For Dog With Pituitary Macroadenoma
The Boxer with the macroadenoma has had 11 treatments of 15 and is doing very well. After the first week, he was very perky and bright and had a great deal more energy. Now, he is back to running (like only a boxer can) and is eating exceptionally well.
Candida Glabrata Diagnosed In Young Cheetahs
If those are not Prototheca, but a simpler yeast like Candida, you can easily check by having the feces cultured on Sabaraud dextrose agar.
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 AAFP Rounds
Sunday, September 11, 8pm ET
Join Dr. Valeria Scorza for Protozoan Diseases: Giardia and Cryptosporidium
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Rounds link to join the discussion. All VINners are welcome to attend.
VIN/VSPN Rounds
Sunday, September 11, 10 pm ET
Join C. A. Tony Buffington, DVM, PhD, DACVN, for The Indoor Cat Initiative.
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Rounds link to join the discussion This session will be open to veterinarians and support staff. If they are not already members, encourage your staff to attend by registering at VSPN.
Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, September 13, 9:30 pm ET
Nice clients? Crazy clients? Take a break, and tell us how it's going!
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Coffeehouse link to join the discussion How To Use VIN: Part 2
Wednesday, September 14, 9:30 pm ET
Learn how to use VIN's Message Boards. Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-part course.
Recent Rounds
 Abstract Of The Week:
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Disinfectant Footbaths
What's Your Diagnosis?
* Itchy Mouth
* Case Archives
Website Of The Week:
Health and Human Services Hurricane Katrina Website and more
Book Review of the Week:
Psychoactive Herbs in Veterinary Behavior Medicine
You can find it in the VIN Bookstore.
Get More From VIN!
* Steps To A More Effective Search
* Read The "How To Use VIN" Tutorial
eVetsites Tip of the Week:
Client Feedback Form
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: SWVS, WWVC and Veterinary Dental Forum.
From the Boards:
* Ceruminous Cysts
* Lutalyse Accidentally Given To Pregnant Mares
* Do NSAIDs Affect Fracture Healing?
* How To Create A Teaser Ram
Pain Management for the Canine and Feline
The NEW CE course, Pain Management for the Canine and Feline, for your staff just opened for enrollment on VSPN! This course will cover pain terminology, pain physiology, common pain syndromes, and help technicians to recognize signs of pain. By applying the concepts and techniques in this course the technician will be better able to help implement a team approach to a Pain Management Program in clinical practice. Instructor:
Deneen Cordell, CVT Dates:
October 24 - November 28, 2005
Real-time Sessions: Thursday evenings, October 27, November 3, 10, and 17, 2005; 9:00pm-10:30pm ET (USA) CE Hours: 6 Tuition:
Registration: $102 ($92 early bird special if registered before October 10, 2005). To Register:
Visit the Pain Management for the Canine and Feline CE page and click on the Enroll Now link to enroll.
Looking for more great CE for your staff?
Scheduled VSPN CE courses include:
For a list of other upcoming CE for your staff check out the VSPN CE Course Catalog.
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