The decal is coming, the decal is coming ...
Ok, so you didn't win the lottery -- but you're still going to get a present in the mail.
Soon, we'll have VIN decals available to mail to members, so you can proudly display your VIN participation to your clients. Read all about it!
Hot Topics In The News:
SARS, Cats, And Ferrets Proceedings on VIN! Check out these proceedings! Click the links in the New for 2003 section of the Library to access these articles.
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.
Experimental infection of recent field isolates of feline herpesvirus type 1
Two field isolates of feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1), designated as 00-015 and 00-035, were obtained from cats diagnosed as feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR) in Japan. Severe ocular lesions, including conjunctivitis, were found in the cats infected with the isolates, indicating that the recent FHV-1 has a potential to induce severe FVR symptoms including ocular lesions.
Benefits of prophylactic gastropexy for dogs at risk of gastric dilatation-volvulus
Prophylactic gastropexy was the preferred choice of action for all breeds examined, with the reduction in mortality (versus no gastropexy) ranging from 2.2-fold (Rottweiler) to 29.6-fold (Great Dane). Assuming a prophylactic gastropexy costs US$400, the procedure was cost-effective when the lifetime risk of GDV was more than or equal to 34%.
Spinal subarachnoid cysts in 13 dogs
Most animals were less than 12 months old (7/13 dogs) and Rottweilers were over-represented (6/13 dogs). The lesions were mainly located dorsally with respect to the spinal cord (10/13 dogs) and in the cranial cervical area (8/13 dogs). MRI suggested spinal cord deviation with signs of ventral leptomeningeal adhesion opposite the enlarged space.
SQ Fluids And Pepcid For CRF Dog
The goal of fluid therapy is essentially prevention of volume depletion. Dogs, being better drinkers as a species, usually don't have as many issues in this regard. They need as much as they need, to keep them volume replete.
Non-Compliant Client
You aren't responsible. You have done what you could to ensure that the cat is treated; you have appropriately diagnosed and recommended treatment. It is not your responsibility to hold her hand and make sure she follows up - it's hers. It is her cat. Her responsibility. Get it? :-)
American Bobtail Genetics
The American Bobtail gene is a dominant gene. A cat must be a natural short-tailed cat to produce short-tailed kittens.
GDV: Stomach Tube Technique/Timing
You can pass a tube with a volvulus. I give it one try, with a smaller than usual tube. If it does not work, trocharize and try again. I feel that 90% of GDVs can successfully and safely have a tube passed. Sure, lavage would be nice. But, hemodynamically, decompression (to me) is almost mandatory. I think that in the last 2-3 years, I have had to go in without successful decompression one or two times.
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, November 9, 10 pm ET -
Join Mark Rishniw, BVSc, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology), for Cardiology Updates From The 2003 ECVIM Meeting.
Rounds Room
Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, November 11, 9:30 pm ET -
What's new with you? Stop by, and share! Stop by, and share!
Rounds Room
How To Use VIN: Part 2
Wednesday, November 12, 9:30 pm ET -
Learn how to use VIN's Message Boards. Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-part course.
Rounds Room
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, November 16, 10 pm ET -
Join Gerry Snyder, VMD, for Using Your Neighborhood Demographics To Set Your Fees For Optimum Client Compliance.
Rounds Room Recent Rounds * Hypercalcemia
* Internship Tips
* Cardiology Q & A
* 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:
Use of Plasma Hematocrit Samples to Detect Ketones Utilizing Urine Dipsticks
Website Of The Week:
Acid/Base auto tutorial and more ...
Book Review:
Veterinary Ophthalmology Essentials
This book is available in the VINstore.
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
* Peroneal Nerve Entrapment
* Paint Balls
* Knemidocoptes
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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