PSST!
Are you a little apprehensive because you signed up for the NSAIDs course, but have never used VIN's Unity Conferencing System in Rounds or CE before?

We can help!

Attend one of the NSAIDs event practice sessions Wednesday, September 25, or Friday, September 27, at 9 pm ET, and learn how to use VIN's Unity Conferencing System software. (If you have not previously installed Unity, there is a link from the event page.) It is very important that all participants download and install the VIN Unity Conferencing System prior to the session. The process takes approximately 10 minutes, so you will miss a considerable portion of the NSAIDS session if you do not do it in advance.
NOTE: If you need help installing the software, call 800-700-4636 or email support@vin.com.

A Possible Case of L-Carnitine-Responsive Cardiomyopathy in a Boxer
A genetic basis for the disease is suspected in Boxers in America and recent reports have shown that in some families of Boxers that develop DCM, a myocardial L-carnitine deficiency exists. Some of these dogs improve dramatically with subsequent oral L-carnitine supplementation and thus the term L-carnitine-responsive cardiomyopathy (LCRCM) is used for this sub-population of Boxer-DCM presentations.

Bioavailability of transdermal methimazole in a pluronic lecithin organogel (PLO) in healthy cats.
The results of this study indicate generally low to undetectable bioavailability of methimazole in a lecithin/pluronic gel given as a single transdermal dose to healthy cats, although one individual cat did achieve nearly 100% transdermal bioavailability relative to the oral route.

Cardiac Data Base
When is and ECG useful as oposed to an echo. Certainly if an arrythmia is heard or suspected, but what about a dog with just a murmur and questionable rads?

Pseudomonas Mastitis, Goats
Most of the time that I've seen pseudomonas in a goat, the water lines and spigots have been highly contaminated with it.

How to Use VIN Course Part 2
Wednesday, September 18, 9:30 pm ET -
Learn how to use the Message Boards and Associate in Part 2 of this three part course. (Did you miss Part 1, and want to catch up so you'll be ready for Part 2? Use the VINdex on VIN's Front Page to find the How to Use VIN Course homepage.)
Rounds Room

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, September 22, 10 pm ET -
Join Drs. Michael Zigler and William Thomas as they discuss how to determine if that blind dog is a neurologic or an ophthalmologic problem! Is It An Eye Case or a Neuro Case?
Rounds Room

What's Your Diagnosis?
Back From Dandriga

Speak Out:
Must-Have Innovation

Recent Rounds:
PM Rounds: Emergency Medicine

From the Boards:
* Narcolepsy/Cataplexy In Puppy
* Cryo For Distichiasis
* Lithotripsy
* Pneumomediastinum Images

Pain, Pain Go Away...
Are you confused by the actions and side effects of NSAIDs and COX inhibitors?
Would you like to UNconfuse yourself while getting FREE CE?

VIN CE can help with two FREE, upcoming CE courses:

• NSAIDs - Understanding Their Actions And Side Effects
• What's All This About COX, Docs?

In NSAIDs - Understanding Their Actions And Side Effects, you will learn why NSAIDs are commonly used for pain management, how they work, and their side effects.

In What's All This About COX, Docs?, you will learn the mechanisms by which the newer COX-2 inhibitors may help optimize analgesia in the perioperative period, and how they can be used safely.

Click here to learn more about these FREE CE courses.

Thanks to Novartis Animal Health -- Educational Sponsor for these VIN CE events.