Grief Survey Results
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It's never too early to start your holiday wish list... Tell your family what reference books you want from VIN's Bookstore! Click the 'Need Books?' link on VIN's Front Page to learn more about VIN's Bookstore. Be sure you are logged in to the store as a VIN Member so you get your discount and free shipping (on orders >$90 in the continental USA) :) Featured Book:
Cardiac Auscultation & Phonocardiography, Dog,Cat,Horse - Book/CD
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This book is one many have been asking for --"How can I improve my auscultation skills? " Clarence Kvart and Jens Haggstrom's new book and CD for listening to recorded heartsounds is part of the answer. The other answer is practice, practice, practice.
Click here to order a copy for yourself or your staff as an early holiday gift.
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Ultrasonographic Detection of Ingested and Perforating Wooden Foreign Bodies in Four Dogs
A wooden foreign body appears ultrasonographically as a linear, bright interface often associated with uniform acoustic shadowing.
Immunotherapy for Treatment of Multicentric Cutaneous Pythiosis in a Dog
An ELISA that is highly sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of pythiosis in dogs is available; this assay may also be useful in monitoring the response to treatment.
Intralesional Administration of Formalin for Treatment of Epidermal Inclusion Cysts in Five Horses
Intralesional administration of formalin is a simple, quick method for the treatment of epidermal inclusion cysts that results in the desiccation of the cyst after a single treatment.
Evaluation of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus in New World Camelids
Findings suggest that llamas may be infected with BVDV but have few or no clinical signs. Inoculation of llamas during gestation did not result in fetal infection or persistent BVDV infection of crias.
Breeding With Cooled Semen
One of the places we always get hung up is trying to decide whether semen will live longer in one environment over the other. The clock on longevity actually starts ticking at ejaculation, not at insemination.
Favorite Choices For Longterm Analgesia
Our profession is suddenly "blessed" with a proliferation of long term pain control options. Progress is wonderful, but confusing and overwhelming at times. I understand that this is a moving target that will be an ongoing challenge for in the profession ...
How To Streak For Culture Isolation [Otitis]?
To be able to work with the bacteria you get to grow, you have to get a pure culture, and the easiest first step toward that end is to get isolated colonies on your primary culture plate(s) ...
Cocoa Mulch Toxicity
There is a "scare mail" circulating about the certainty of death if people use this product.
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Tuesday, September 30, 9:30 pm ET -
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Sunday, October 5, 10 pm ET -
Join Thomas Catanzaro, DVM, MHA, FACHE, for Compliance And You: The Reality Of Team-Based Healthcare Delivery. (This Rounds is rescheduled from August 17.) Click the link on VIN's Rounds page to read the handout ahead of time!
Rounds Room Recent Rounds * Principles and Applications of Veterinary Hemodialysis
* How To Conduct An Effective Staff Meeting
* Alternatives To Corticosteroids
* FIV: Afraid of a Positive
* Aussie Rounds: Management Of Diabetes In Dogs
* What We Learned at ACVIM 2003: Part 2
 Abstract Of The Week:
Clinical impact of persistent Bartonella bacteremia in humans and animals.
Website Of The Week:
Dairy Cattle Nutrition, and more....
Book Review:
BSAVA Manual Of Wildlife Casualties
Survey of The Week Results:
* Client Sympathy Response
* Grape/Raisin
* Consumer Reports
* ACE Inhibitor Use in Dogs
* Imaging & Telemedicine
* Nasal Mites
* Euthanasia Procedures
* FATE
* Veterinary Career Survey, Part 1
From the Boards:
* Digital Cameras
* Blaster Worm
* ProHeart Reactions
* Antihistamines For Seizure Dogs
Feline GI Disease: What's Eating our Cats? Module A
- Do IBD cats give you stress colitis?
- Do gastritis cats give you stomach ulcers?
- Do you grab for the antacids because you feel like every feline patient is a minefield of a GI case?
VIN CE can help make your life better! VIN's Feline GI Disease: What's Eating our Cats? Module A continual education course will help you create a diagnostic plan for those frustrating cats. - You'll learn about the normal structure and function of the gastrointestinal tract, and how histopathological changes affect it.
- You'll learn how to evaluate the clinical signs.
- You'll learn which diagnostic tests are best for each case, and how to interpret the results.
- You'll learn how to create a reasonable treatment plan -- and how to modify your diagnostics and treatment based on the cat's response to therapy.
Instructors: Drs. Michele Gaspar, Laura K. Andrews, Katharine F. Lunn Dates: October 15 - November 26th, 2003
Interactive Sessions: Wednesday; 9:30 - 11:30 PM ET Course Description: Feline gastrointestinal disease represents a significant component of small animal clinical practice. Clinicians commonly evaluate feline patients with one or more clinical signs and symptoms that may represent disorders of the esophagus, stomach, intestines and pancreas. For more Information and to Enroll: Visit the Feline GI Disease: What's Eating our Cats? Module A course page and click on the Enroll now link.
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