The Parasitology Specialty Center can be found in the Specialty and Species area of the VIN library and on the About Page of the Parasitology folder in the VIN message boards. Keep your eyes peeled for more new information centers coming soon!

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK...and discuss
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With so much information and so many tools to choose from, none of us know everything there is to know about VIN.

VIN's two primary functions are:

1. To bring us together as colleagues
2. To make accessing information and tools that help us practice fun and easy.

The VIN How-To Videos showcase the main features and functions VINners enjoy most.

New VINners will appreciate the "jump start" and long-time VINners are guaranteed to learn a few new tricks to help get the most out of your VIN membership.

VIN How-to Movies:

• Crossposting (NEW!)
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To get in touch with a VINner directly, go to MyVIN>Colleague>Search. Even if they haven't listed their email address or phone number, you can still send them a message through VIN using the Email icon on their profile page.

Create your My Colleagues List and set your profile preferences any time, from any computer where you have Internet access.

New in VeterinaryPartner:

• Bite Prevention Starts with Proactive Parenting
• Kennel Cough revised
• Piroxicam revised

Texas Farm Radio

• Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)

Fatal dog attacks in Canada, 1990-2007
An electronic search of media reports in the Canadian Newsstand database, for the years 1990 to 2007, identified 28 fatalities from dog-bite injuries.

Refinement of a commercial bench-top relaxin assay for pregnancy diagnosis using urine from domestic and nondomestic felids
Findings suggest that measurement of urinary relaxin is a promising approach for noninvasive pregnancy diagnosis in exotic felids, but further assessment of urinary relaxin profiles among cat species and modification of the bench-top relaxin kit are warranted to improve cross-species utility.

What about conscious proprioception?
Yes, you can have neurologic disease with normal proprioceptive positioning responses. For example, cerebellar disease typically causes ataxia with normal proprioceptive positioning.

Pet food recall
Mars Petcare US announced a voluntary recall of products manufactured at its Everson, Pennsylvania facility. The pet food is being voluntarily recalled because of potential contamination with Salmonella serotype Schwarzengrund. This voluntary recall only affects the United States.
-Related VIN News Service story

Hyperplastic gums in a cat taking calcitriol
The photo of your cat looks just like a dog the cardiologist showed me this week. He is on amlodipine and phenoxybenzamine and has extreme gingival hyperplasia on all of his cheek teeth.

Medication adjustments for cat with worsening renal failure; epakitin vs. aluminum hydroxide for renal failure cats
With Stage IV renal failure, the prognosis is grim, but I think we can give this kitty a better life -- and the client the opportunity to enjoy her companion a bit longer.

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, September 28, 10 p.m. EDT
(September 29, 2 a.m. GMT)
Join Michele Gaspar, DVM, DABVP, for When You've Gotta Punt: Empirical Practice In Feline Medicine.

Use the Rounds link to join the discussions above
This Week's Rounds Schedule
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 Search button. Just remember to choose Rounds (under the Clinical Resources tab) as the "Source" in your search parameters.

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Member Benefit:
The VIN Bookstore is better than ever!
During the past year, visibility and promotion of the VIN Bookstore as a VIN member benefit was greatly reduced. Why? Because despite the savings available, long delivery times diminished the 'benefit'. We are happy to report that those issues have been resolved...and that once again the VIN Bookstore is truly a member benefit. VIN Members save 10% or more off the list price every day and free shipping on US orders of $90.00 or more. Please tell us what you think.

Get More From VIN
"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, email 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), and click all the buttons on VIN's navigation bars.

Funny Bones:
Squirrel Melts!
"I'm not big on mayo, but you have to get the squirrel meat to stick to the celery somehow."

What's Your Diagnosis?
*Dental Brain-Teaser 73
*Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases

Associate - Updated and New:
* When does hyperphosphatemia cause calcification of soft tissues?
* Explore the rest of Associate!

Website of the Week:
Veterinary World and more...

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: ESFM and Veterinary Dental Forum.

These courses are now open for enrollment. Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE.

Introduction to Canine Rehabilitation
November 12 - November 26, 2008

Physical rehabilitation has recently gained acceptance as a useful therapy to improve postoperative outcomes and enhance function in animals with disabilities. This course will give a general overview of assessment and treatment of a dog with an orthopedic dysfunction and present ways to begin incorporating rehabilitation into your practice, with minimal investment.

Veterinary Acupuncture - Fundamental Principles
February 24 - March 31, 2009

Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) can be difficult to understand. This course is designed to provide veterinarians with detailed information on a simple and logical way to grasp the fundamental principles of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and veterinary acupuncture. This course will consist of five (5), 2-hour real-time sessions, detailed presentations with basic theories and clinical case examples on all topics.

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 tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VPSN members.