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Featured Item:
Handbook of Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat
List $69.95 - VINner Price: $62.96
Authored by VIN consultant/editor Gary Landsberg (DVM, ACVB), this practical book on behavior therapy offers easily-accessible information in a user-friendly approach. Find it in the VINstore.

WALTHAM(R) Helps Sponsor Student Access to VIN

Remember, WALTHAM(R) USA helps sponsors Student Access to VIN. Please take a moment to send a big "Thank You!" to WALTHAM(ThankYouWaltham@VIN.com) for their generous support of the VIN Student Member program.

Students: Explore the Student Center!

Explore the Student Center, then tell all the veterinary students you know about this great site! The Student Center is made possible through an education grant from WALTHAM Diets.

Equine Primary Immunodeficiencies
Severe combined immunodeficiency in foals results from a genetic defect. Both affected animals and carriers are detectable by genetic testing.

Nasal and Facial Reconstruction in a Dog Following Severe Trauma
A 3yo, intact male Labrador retriever was presented with a history of severe facial trauma resulting from placing his nasomaxillary area in the rotating tail rotor blades of a helicopter as the engine idled.

New To Medetomidine Use And I Had A Few Problems
Domitor shouldn't be an induction, but rather a pre-med followed by reduced amounts of an induction agent. Sometimes, with large doses of domitor, you can intubate them, but they really aren't on an anesthetic plane ...

FIP Vaccine Efficacy - Study Results
Concerning the number of cats developing FIP, there was neither a significant difference between Primucell-vaccinated and control SPF cats, nor a sex distribution. The experiment yielded a protected/preventable fraction of -20%; that is to say, no protection by Primucell FIP vaccination occured.

Intermediate Reptile Medicine

• How much renal anatomy/physiology do you really understand?
• How confident are you about anesthetizing turtles and tortoises?
• And just how good are you at endoscopy?

Sign up for Intermediate Reptile Medicine!

Instructors: Drs. Stephen Hernandez-Divers, B.Sc.(Hons), B.Vet.Med., D.Zoo.Med.(Reptilian), C.Biol. , M.I.Biol., M.R.C.V.S.; Diplomate RCVS Zoological Medicine, RCVS Consultant in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (Reptiles); Sonia Hernandez-Divers, DVM, Dip. ACZM (Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine)

Dates: November 10 – December 15, 2003
Realtime Sessions: Mondays; 9:30pm - 11:30pm ET

Course Description: Intermediate Reptile Medicine is geared for those practitioners who are familiar with the basics of reptile husbandry and medical care (including basic anatomy), but who would like to sharpen their skills and delve into more advanced techniques. This course will also provide some of the more in-depth anatomy and physiology fine points of the Class Reptilia and how it relates to clinical medicine. If you completed the Basic Reptile Medicine course, or if you feel like you have outgrown the basic reptile medicine references out there, this course is for you.

To Register: Visit the course information page for more details and click on the Enroll Now link to register for this course.

How To Use VIN, Part 3
Wednesday, October 15, 9:30 pm ET -
Learn how to use VIN's Search and Associate. Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free three-part course.
Rounds Room

ACVSc Rounds
Saturday, October 18, 10 pm ET -
Join Brad Gavaghan, BVSc, FACVSc (Cardiology), for Congestive Heart Failure Therapy: The Role of Positive Inotropes and ACE Inhibitors.
Rounds Room

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, October 19, 10 pm ET -
Join Katrina Mealey, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVCP, for Drug Toxicities and MDR1 Mutation.
Rounds Room

Abstract Of The Week:
Hereditary Nasal Parakeratosis in Labrador Retrievers

Website Of The Week:
Vet Tech Week, and more....

Book Review:
Essential Law For Landowners And Farmers, Fourth Edition
This book is available in the VINstore.

eVetSite Tip Of The Week:
Create a "Back to Top" hot link in Your Web Pages

Survey of The Week Results:
* Veterinary Support Staff
* Client Sympathy Response
* Grape/Raisin
* Consumer Reports
* ACE Inhibitor Use in Dogs
* Imaging & Telemedicine
* Nasal Mites
* Euthanasia Procedures
* FATE
* Veterinary Career Survey, Part 1

Recent Rounds:
* Technician and Staff Utilization
* The Reality Of Team-Based Healthcare Delivery
* Veterinary Hemodialysis
* How To Conduct An Effective Staff Meeting
* Alternatives To Corticosteroids
* FIV: Afraid of a Positive
* Oz Rounds: Management of Diabetes in Dogs

From the Boards:
* Trilostane Information
* SpayVac
* Case Of The Day (Avian)
* Budgeting Delusions

Are you ready for National Veterinary Technician Week (October 12 to 18)?

What are you doing to make your technicians feel valued?

Remember, veterinary technicians are important members of your veterinary health care team. Maintaining their certification, registration, or licensure through the completion of continuing education (CE) impacts the success of your team.

Why not honor your technicians this National Veterinary Technician Week with opportunities for CE? The Veterinary Support Personnel Network, in a cooperative effort with VIN, offers a variety of courses for your support staff that they can participate in without the inconvenience and expense of travel!

Some upcoming VSPN online CE courses include:

• Small Animal Anesthesia Part II
• Intermediate Receptionist/Front Office Skills
• The Complete Urinalysis
• Personnel Issues Facing The Veterinary Practice Managers
• Art of Arteries - Arterial Catheterization, Sampling, and More

Learn more about VSPN CE here.