New on VIN! Compendium of Veterinary Standard Precautions
What should you be doing to protect your employees from zoonotic diseases? What standard precautions are used in your practice? If you're not sure of the answers, check out the Compendium of Veterinary Standard Precautions. Learn how to implement an infection control plan to prevent transmission of zoonotic pathogens from animal patients to veterinary personnel in private practice.
American Heartworm Society Resource Library EXPANDED!
The American Heartworm Society (AHS) is at the center of advances in our understanding of Heartworm Disease. The Proceedings of their Symposium are peer reviewed and authored by leading experts in the field. Thanks to the leadership of Dr. Tom Nelson (President of the AHS) and the Board of Directors of the AHS, AHS and VIN jointly launched the AHS Library online earlier this year. The 1992, 1995, and 1998 Proceedings were available only in print form. These print resources have been digitized and are now available online: - Heartworm Symposium 1992: The epidemiology of heartworm disease in North & South America and Europe was the focus in 1992. Heartworm infection in cats and ferrets was also discussed.
- Heartworm Symposium 1995: Gave broad coverage to developments related to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of this disease in dogs and cats.
- Heartworm Symposium 1998: Broad coverage of information on the history, epizootiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heartworm disease in animals.
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Toggle rod stabilization for treatment of hip joint luxation in dogs: 62 cases (2000-2005)
The distribution for time between luxation and surgery was bimodal, with 24 (39%) dogs examined less than or equal to 2 days after injury and 23 (37%) examined more than 7 days after injury. Postoperative complications developed in 16 of the 62 (26%) dogs, with complications developing within 1 week after surgery in 10 of the 16. The most common complication was reluxation, which occurred in 7 dogs. Dogs in which surgery time was less than 2 hours were significantly less likely to have a reluxation (2/40 [5%]) than were dogs in which surgery time was more than or equal to 2 hours (5/22 [23%]). When asked to rate current limb function (0 = no lameness and 5 = non-weightbearing lame) a minimum of 6 months after surgery, 23 of 27 (85%) owners indicated a score of 0 or 1.
Post anaesthetic colic in horses: a preventable complication?
The estimated mean prevalence of post-anesthetic colic (PAC) in the study population was 5.2%. However, the prevalence of colic varied between each centre. The most commonly diagnosed cause of colic was impaction. Multivariable analyses showed that the centre involved and the type of surgery performed were associated with an increased risk of PAC. Preoperative food deprivation and the use of opioid drugs were confounding factors.
Rounds Followup Discussion - Non-Compete Agreement Information And Enforcability
The value provided by or to the employee must give rise to the interest protected by the non-compete. An example is providing the employee the practice's trade secrets at the time the non-compete agreement is signed. If the secrets are real secrets and valuable secrets, the non-compete will likely be enforceable.
Ways To Promote Your Practice
Every year we go through some slumps. We get through them, but more and more when I'm out and about in town I find people who have no idea we even exist, even though we've been here for nearly 5 years! I'd really like to start increasing traffic through the front door. How the heck does one get noticed?!
My Colleague Isn't A 'Believer' In The Benefits Of Dental Radiographs
Radiographs are legal documents. A client, as well as the DVM, can see most pathology. How do you know 100% that a tooth has been completely extracted? It's an opportunity to nip problems in the bud. It aids us in being proactive instead of reactive. Radiographs allow you to confirm or make a diagnosis. They allow you to better plan a surgery, or to show the owner why it is beyond your level of training.
Having Problems With Deaf Kennel Person: Can I Fire Him For His Bad Attitude Even Though He's Disabled? Comments On Coping With Deafness
How to deal with personality flaws in disabled/handicapped people without seeming to discriminate on the basis of said disability/handicap is a touchy subject.
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, November 19, 10 pm ET
Join Bill Kearley, DVM, MBA, for Managing Your Large Or Mixed Animal Practice Inventory.
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Rounds link to join the discussion.
Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, November 21, 9:30 pm ET
Have you started cooking your holiday feasts? Stop by and share!
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Coffeehouse link to join the discussion.
Recent Rounds
 Abstract Of The Week:
Lifelong diet restriction and radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis of the hip joint in dogs
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BSAVA manual of Canine and Feline Neurology
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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: ASVCP/ACVP, NAVC, and WVC.
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* Banfield And VMR-CVM
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* Severe Tooth Disease
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Taking the Problem Out of the Problem Client: The Art and Science of Client Communication
The Early Bird deadline for registration is November 23! Whether one practices on dogs, cats, horses, llamas, hamsters, or geckos, the one thing we all share in common is the "problem client." The purpose of this class is to provide some insights and user-friendly practice pointers that will help remove the "problem" from the "problem client." These are skills that few if any of us learned in veterinary school. The desired by-products of this instruction include less emotional fatigue and staff turnover, greater job satisfaction, happier clients, and better-served patients. Instructor:
Nancy Kay, DVM, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine) Dates:
December 7 - December 14, 2006
Real-time Session: Thursday, December 7, 2006; 9:30 - 11:30 pm ET CE Hours: 2 Tuition:
Member/$32, Non-Member/$76 by November 23, 2006;
Member/$35, Non-Member/$84 after November 23, 2006 To find out more about this course:
Visit the Taking the Problem Out of the Problem Client page. To register, scroll to the bottom of the course information page and choose the Enroll Now link.
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