Trilostane Information
Because of the interest in Trilostane, we're collating some information for you here. Please read the entire thread to keep apprised ...
WALTHAM® Diets/OSU 2002 Symposium Proceedings Online
A comprehensive review of clinical cardiology in dogs and cats. The symposium offers a distinguished faculty of thirteen clinicians from seven institutions.
Topics include hypertension, heartworm disease, heart failure, Arrhythmias, syncope, nutritional considerations, and clinical management of important valvular, myocardial and pericardial diseases. The presentations are organized by topic. Group Memberships to VIN Providing and maintaining a secure community that protects the integrity of Veterinarians is critical to all VIN members. If more than one colleague in your practice is using a single VIN account, you and your colleagues should create a group membership. Please click here for more information about groups on VIN.
Efficacy of Milbemycin Oxime in the Treatment of Canine Generalized Demodicosis: A Retrospective Study of 99 Dogs (1995-2000)
Eighty-five percent were cured with milbemycin oxime used for 1-6 months at a dosage of 0.5-1.6 mg/kg. Chance of cure was significantly better in young animals than in older animals. Start of treatment early in the course of disease gave a significantly better chance of cure. Cases with severe pododemodicosis had less chance of a cure (9/11 not cured).
Tenoscopy of the Navicular Bursa: Endoscopic Approach and Anatomy
Most parts of the anatomic structures of the navicular bursa could be observed with the 4-mm or 2.7-mm arthroscope, and standard arthroscopic instruments could be introduced into the bursa.
Physiological Response of Normal Adult Horses to a Low-Residue Liquid Diet
In horses with poor motility, it is possible that diets similar to the product tested in this study could provoke bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine, resulting in enteritis. To minimize this risk, preparation of the liquid diet should be performed in a very clean environment, and feeding should be initiated with very small volumes.
Anesthesia Case of the Month
Epidural blocks are often not used in private practice because of fears of damaging the spinal cord and a lack of familiarity with the technique. Administration of an epidural block through the first intercoccygeal space was considered easy to perform by the authors and may decrease the risk of adverse effects associated with subarachnoid and IV injection.
Monkeypox, Prairie Dogs, Humans
Physicians should consider monkeypox in persons with fever, cough, headache, myalgia, rash, or lymph node enlargement within 3 weeks after contact with prairie dogs or Gambian giant rats. Veterinarians examining sick exotic animal species, especially prairie dogs and Gambian giant rats, should consider the possibility of monkeypox. Veterinarians should also be alert to the development of illness in other animal species that may have been housed with ill prairie dogs or Gambian giant rats.
Propofol Reaction or Intubation Problem?
My first thoughts are tracheal trauma too. Tube is definitely too long. It ends at the carina...Trauma from intubation could cause short term hemmorhage. That and underinflation of one lung field from mainstem bronchal intubation could give you very abnormal lung rads.
Bair Hugger Blankets
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Can We Use Titers To Diagnose WNV In Dogs?
Dogs can be exposed and seroconvert (and often do) without having active clinical disease. Dogs are not likely to be the indicator species in an area because they are highly resistant to the virus compared to humans, horses, and birds. If you aren't seeing lots of cases in these other species I would be HIGHLY skeptical of making a diagnosis of WNV in a dog on the basis of this very low serum AB titer alone.
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, November 2, 10 pm ET -
Join Robert Vasilopulos, DVM, for Hypercalcemia. There is a handout for this session if you would like to review it prior to the session.
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What really strange clients have you dealt with lately? Stop by, and share!
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Join Mark Rishniw, BVSc, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology), for Cardiology Updates From The 2003 ECVIM Meeting.
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Recent Rounds
* Cardiology Q & A
* Drug Toxicities and MDR1 Mutation
* ACVSc Rounds - CHF Therapy: The Role of Positive Inotropes and ACE Inhibitors
* Technician and Staff Utilization
* The Reality Of Team-Based Healthcare Delivery
 Abstract Of The Week:
Comparison Of Anthelmintic Activity Of Pyrantel, Praziquantel, And Nitazoxanide In Horses
Website Of The Week:
Farm Animal Behavior, and more....
Book Review:
The Practice Of Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine
This book is available in the VINstore. eVetSite Tip Of The Week:
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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
From the Boards:
* Pet Food Recall
* Cuterebra
* Natural Balance Shoeing
* Ruptured Achilles Tendon
Intermediate Reptile Medicine
Sure, you can tell a snake from an iguana from a turtle, and you're pretty good at recognizing basic reptile anatomy and finding information to answer those pesky husbandry (diet, housing, etc.) issues, but ... - 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.
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