How Do You Work With and Train Your Support Staff?
National Veterinary Technician Week is coming up. Let's acknowledge the ever changing and essential role veterinary technicians serve within our profession. VIN members, please complete this short survey. Not a VIN member? Take this survey! In a few weeks, we'll will report this year's results and how they compare to past results.
What Neurology Imaging Equipment Do You Use?
Do you provide or refer patients for advanced imaging? Please take this brief survey to help create a snapshot of how accessible neurological imaging technology is to the VIN community. We will share the results collected and continue to update the data over time. AAFP Conference and Silent Auction
Mark your calendars to attend the AAFP 2006 Fall Conference in Toronto, Canada. The conference runs October 22-24 and will focus on Geriatrics and Pain Management. Online bidding for the 4th Annual AAFP Silent Auction is now open. Review the catalog and bid online until October 16. Proceeds will benefit the AAFP Student Chapters.
Did You Miss ABVP 2006?
Check out the Proceeding from the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners Symposium 2006 -- now in the VIN Library. Don't forget to mark your calendars for next year's symposium.
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A retrospective analysis of case series using home-prepared and chicken hydrolysate diets in the diagnosis of adverse food reactions in 181 pruritic dogs
The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare home-prepared and chicken hydrolysate diets in the diagnosis of canine adverse food reactions (AFR). Seventy-two dogs were fed home-prepared diets and 109 were fed hydrolysate. Similar frequencies of AFR diagnosis in the two groups indicates that the chicken hydrolysate diet may be a valuable alternative to home-prepared diets in the diagnosis of canine AFR.
Ovarian follicular superstimulation and oocyte maturation in the anoestrus southern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus latifrons
This study investigates the effect of three exogenous gonadotrophin regimens on ovarian follicular development in southern hairy-nosed wombats during the non-breeding season.
Sequence analysis of VP2 gene of canine parvovirus isolated from domestic dogs in Japan in 1999 and 2000
Seven strains of canine parvovirus (CPV) were isolated from affected dogs in Japan between 1999 and 2000, and their VP2 genes were genetically analyzed. Comparison of the predicted amino acid sequences of VP2 suggested that three field isolates corresponded to CPV type 2a, while the other four to CPV type 2b.
Conformation of the equine skull: a morphometric study
There is a lack of an established method for quantifying equine skull morphology. This study proposes a method that is valid for use on both live and deceased horses. A total of nine head measurements (skull length, cranial length, nasal length, ratio of cranial:nasal length, cranial width, zygomatic width, mandibular depth, nasal profile area, cranial profile area) and six indices (skull index, cranial index, nasal index, mandibular index, nasal profile index, cranial profile index) were recorded from 30 horses from a variety of breeds while the soft tissues of the head were intact.
How To Get Other Veterinarians To Raise Their Standard Of Care For Dental Work? Links To Sources For Dental Radiography Equipment
Why can't the general practitioner understand the importance of dentistry? I read once "just because animals tolerate pain doesn't mean they should have to" (VIN quote, I don't remember who. Cathy Wilke maybe?) I wish all vets thought that way and were pro active and aggressive in treating these dogs. I'm to the point where I wish there was a way to limit GP's from doing dentistry if they aren't going to do it right (gasp! OK bring on the mudslinging). What can we do besides educate our own clients? That's hard enough but I'm tired of educating other vets' clients when they come to me.
Video Showing Idiopathic Head Tremors In Boxer
The video is excellent! It's typical for what you see with idiopathic head tremor in boxers. Diagnostic evaluation of these dogs is typically normal. I've not found any treatment that is consistently effective.
Tips For Informing And Educating Clients About Chemotherapy For Pets
Every time I bring up potential side effects of chemotherapy people get scared off (even when they are told that these effects are not common in dogs). I am getting frustrated with people always only wanting to use the easiest method possible (i.e. prednisone), yet I can't seem to sell them on other options....
What To Do About Chipped Enamel on Canine Teeth?
The unfilled resins flow better and will act more like a "lacquer", protecting the dentin giving the tooth a chance to produce more dentin. The filled composites will mound up and likely fracture off quickly as it is not a cavity prep but an onlay.
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, October 10, 9:30 pm ET
Are you starting to feel the holiday season creeping up on you? Where did the year go??? Stop by and share!
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Coffeehouse link to join the discussion.
How To Use VIN: Part 2
Wednesday, October 11, 9:30 pm ET
Learn how to use VIN. Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.
VIN/VSPN Rounds
Sunday, October 15, 10 pm ET
Kick off National Veterinary Technician Week with Thom Haig, DVM, and Heather Howell, LVT, MBA. Join the discussion on Wellness In Your Practice Life: How To Prevent Stress And Burnout.
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Rounds link to join the discussion.
Recent Rounds
 Abstract Of The Week:
Survey of the use of radiography vs. ultrasonography in the investigation of gastrointestinal foreign bodies in small animals
What's Your Diagnosis?
* Hindlimb Lameness
* Case Archives
Website Of The Week:
Nitrate Poisoning And Feeding Nitrate Feeds To Livestock and more….
Book Review of the Week:
Statistics for Veterinary and Animal Science, Second Edition
You may purchase this book in the VIN store. Get More From VIN!
* How Do I...Email Another VINner?
* Read The "How To Use VIN" Tutorial
* How Can I ... Learn Associate?
* How Can I ... Become A Super-Duper VIN User?
eVetsites Tip of the Week:
Free Image Optimizer from Tucows.com
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: WWVC, ACVC and VCS.
From the Boards:
* Mitral Insufficiency: When To Use Enalapril?
* Seizures After Shunt Surgery
* Mouse Vasectomy Technique
* FeLV Testing Question
Professional Development and Effective Utilization of Veterinary Technicians
This course is designed for all veterinary technicians and veterinary technician students wishing to have a better overall understanding of how they can advance their careers, promote themselves and benefit their practice and themselves by effective utilization. The purpose this course is to provide your veterinary technician with the necessary tools to demonstrate how effective use of their skills will positively affect the bottom line of the practice/clinic. Instructors:
Amy Butzier, BS, MEd, CVT & Kim Karolides, BS, CVT Dates:
November 8 - December 22, 2006
Real Time Sessions: Tuesday evenings November 14, 21, 28 and December 5 and 12; 9pm-10:30pm ET CE Hours: 7.5 Tuition: $131 ($118 early bird special if registered before October 25, 2006).
Please see the course enrollment page for other course discounts. To find out more about this course:
Visit the Professional Development and Effective Utilization of Veterinary Technicians page. To register, scroll to the bottom of the course information page and choose the Enroll Now link.
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