Need Books?
Have you started making your holiday wish list? Tell your family what reference books you want from VIN's Bookstore! Click the 'Need Books?' link on VIN's Front Page to learn more about VIN's Bookstore.Featured Book:
Cardiac Auscultation & Phonocardiography, Dog,Cat,Horse - Book/CD
List $85.00 - VINner Price: $76.50.
This new book is one many have been asking for --"How can I improve my auscultation skills? " Clarence Kvart and Jens Haggstrom's new book and CD for listening to recorded heartsounds is part of the answer. The other answer is practice, practice, practice.
Click here to order a copy for yourself or your staff as an early holiday gift.
Love Diamonds?
Are you planning to attend the Western Veterinary Conference's Diamond Jubilee in 2003?
If so, register online NOW, and YOU could win the Early Bird drawing! Check out the online registration site at Western Veterinary to learn all about the great prizes!
Preoperative radiotherapy for vaccine associated sarcoma in 92 cats
Median time to first event for all 92 cats was 584 days. Only completeness of surgical excision was related to the time to first event. Median time to first event in cats having complete surgical excision was 986 days, compared to 292 days for cats with incomplete excision. Cats requiring bone removal to effect tumor removal had earlier failure than cats having other types of surgery.
Cranial mediastinal cysts in nine cats
Cranial mediastinal cysts in nine cats.
Mediastinal cyst should be considered when a cranial mediastinal mass is evident radiographically in an older cat. The majority of feline cranial mediastinal cysts are benign with no need for treatment.
Use of a high-molecular-weight carboxymethylcellulose in a tissue protective solution for prevention of postoperative abdominal adhesions in ponies
A 1% solution of high-molecular-weight carboxymethylcellulose may be used routinely during abdominal surgery of horses for prevention of postoperative adhesions.
EIA Testing Changes, Texas
To combat the spread of EIA, the Texas Animal Health Commission has enacted a new regulation that requires equids to have had a negative blood test for EIA within the previous 12 months, if the animals are boarded, stabled, or pastured within 200 yards of equids owned by another person.
Domitor and MAO Inhibitors
I attended a lecture in the fall by one of the anesthesiologists from Texas A&M who stated that they had seen sudden death with the use of medetomidine in patients on amitriptyline or anipryl
Burned Cat, Happy Ending
Since we all love happy endings, and since they don't all end that way, I thought I would share one with everyone.
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Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, November 19, 9:30 pm ET -
What interesting cases did you have today? Stop by and share!
Rounds Room
How To Course, Part 3
Wednesday, November 20, 9:30 pm ET -
Learn how to use VIN's Search and Library in part 3 of this FREE three part course. Email Nate@VIN.com to sign up. (PSST! Want to get a head start? Check out the How To Course tutorial. It's in the VINDEX on VIN's Front Page!)
Rounds Room
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, November 24 - No Rounds
Thanksgiving & Hanukkah! Spend this time with your friends and loved ones!
 What's Your Diagnosis?
Respiratory Problem Post-Vacation
Speak Out:
Treetop Flyer
Recent Rounds:
Profit and Loss Statements
Survey of The Week #2
Euthanasia Procedures - VIN Surveys are short, fun, and immediately show you how your VIN Colleagues have responded before you.
From the Boards:
* Are We Poaching Clients?
* Humorous Dog Food Names
* Clients And Canadian Drugs
* Smallpox Vaccine Risk To Dogs
Intermediate Wildlife Medicine
* Are you presented with wildlife cases on a regular basis?
* Do you think you are "kind of" familiar with the ethical and legal problems of treating wildlife, but you want to know more?
* Have you figured out that you really need more medical knowledge to properly care for injured wild animals? (Remember: It's not what you don't know that will get you, it's what you think you know - but don't!) VIN CE can help! VIN's Intermediate Wildlife Medicine CE course is structured for practitioners who are presented with wildlife cases on a regular basis and assumes the practitioner is familiar with the basic principles of avian medicine and surgery. Topics will include: ethical and legal considerations; handling, restraint, and examination; zoonoses and other public health concerns; and triage and treatment of common presentations. Instructor: Sonia Hernandez-Divers, DVM, DACZM Dates: Nov 25 - Dec 23, 2002
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