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Acute Severe Hemorrhage Secondary to Arterial Invasion in a Dog with Thyroid Carcinoma
Although surgery is typically the treatment of choice for dogs with thyroid carcinoma, adjunctive chemotherapy in combination with radiation therapy may be beneficial if the tumor cannot be completely resected.

Incidence of Adverse Events in Ferrets Vaccinated with Distemper or Rabies Vaccine: 143 Cases (1995-2001)
Adverse events developed within 25 minutes after vaccination in 13 ferrets..Ferrets should be observed for at least 25 minutes after vaccination, and veterinarians who vaccinate ferrets should be prepared to treat anaphylactic reactions.

Effect of Dental Floating on the Rostrocaudal Mobility of the Mandible of Horses
In horses, measurement of rostrocaudal mobility of the mandible can be used as a guide to determine whether dental correction is necessary; after dental floating, it can be used to ensure that irregularities of the occlusal surface have been corrected.

Did a Fentanyl Patch Contribute to Cat's Death?
I don't think that I was wrong to provide pain medication for this cat and I truly don't think that was what killed her. She was fine for over 48 hours after it was applied. But could it have been?

Difficulty Regulating This Diabetic
We really need to wait 5-7 days after the dose changes before we bring them in for the curve. I've seen it happen many times where we change the dose then run the curve the same or the next day; that curve bears NO relationship to the curve you'd get if you waited a week.

Did I Misdiagnose This Cat?
The first vet never has a chance, and if I always wanted the last word I'd have become a pathologist.

ERD Testing, Proteinuria, Dogs
Remember that this is a surrogate test for a 24 hour collection and we try to make it a passable surrogate by correcting it to a 1.010 USG. But it's still a surrogate. So you need to be careful about taking a semiquantitative thing that's a surrogate for a different test and making too much out of that semiquantitation going up or down.

How To Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, November 5, 9:30 pm ET -
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* Hypercalcemia
* Internship Tips
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* Drug Toxicities and MDR1 Mutation
* ACVSc Rounds - CHF Therapy: The Role of Positive Inotropes and ACE Inhibitors
* Technician and Staff Utilization

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

• 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.