Ever wondered how the FDA evaluates heartworm preventatives?
Answers to that question and more can be found in the proceedings from the 2004 American Heartworm Society Symposium. Are Clients Asking about Poinsettia Toxicity?
Not clear on just how toxic this holiday favorite might be? Need a source of advice for your clients with green thumbs? Just have a need to know? Then take a look at the Household Poisonous Plant Book! November Is Dermatology Month On VIN!
Keep your eyes peeled as we highlight dermatology topics throughout the month. We think you will enjoy the extra focus on this fascinating section of veterinary medicine.
Check out Dr. Foil's Dermatology Notebook (Updated).
The Holiday Season Is Approaching!
Use VIN's Bookstore to find the perfect gift for your associates! (Psst! Have *your* eye on a special book? Show the Bookstore to your family members, and let them know what would really make your holiday great!)
New On VeterinaryPartner.com:
We're always adding new resources to VeterinaryPartner.com for your clients. Some new articles are:
Disposition of norfloxacin in broiler chickens and turkeys after different methods of oral administration
Norfloxacin was administered orally to chickens and turkeys at 15 mg/kg body weight by pulse dosing at 24 h intervals and by continuous dosing at 100 mg/L in drinking water for five days.
A prospective study of postoperative surgical site infections in dogs and cats
Wounds with "infection/inflammation" occurred in 5.8% and "infected" wounds in 3% of patients. The outcome "infection" was associated with 3 major risk factors (duration of surgery, increasing number of persons in the operating room, dirty surgical site) and 1 protective factor (antimicrobial prophylaxis). The outcome "infection/inflammation" was associated with 6 significant factors (duration of anesthesia, duration of postoperative intensive care unit stay, wound drainage, increasing patient weight, dirty surgical site, and antimicrobial prophylaxis).
Spectrum of m-mode echocardiographic abnormalities in 75 cats with systemic hypertension
The marked variability of echocardiographic findings in hypertensive cats made echocardiography an unreliable screening test for hypertension.
Use of pressure platform gait analysis in cats with and without bilateral onychectomy
Gait data were successfully collected in all cats. No significant difference was found for peak vertical force (PVF) or vertical impulse (VI) between cats that had or had not had onychectomy. Limb loads were greater in forelimbs than hind limbs for all trials.
Squirrel Attack (Humor)
Picture a large man on a huge black and chrome cruiser, dressed in jeans, a T-shirt, and leather gloves, puttering at maybe 25 mph down a quiet residential street, and in the fight of his life with a squirrel.
What Are Your Favorite Diet Tricks?
Okay, after all the recent threads on favorite restaurants, bars, and recipes, I think we'd better get to some favorite diet tricks. How do you motivate yourself to stick to a diet? What do you do when you're hungry? How do you burn calories if you have no metabolism? (Can you tell what I'm doing?!:)))
Thanksgiving with Dave Barry
It's a spiritual time, yes, but it can also be a tragic time if an inadequately cooked turkey gives us salmonella poisoning, which occurs when tiny turkey-dwelling salmon get into our blood, swim upstream and spawn in our brains (this is probably what happened to Ross Perot). That's why the American Turkey and Giblet Council recommends that to ensure proper preparation, you cook your turkey in a heated oven for at least two full quarters of the Vikings-Lions game, then give a piece to your dog and observe it closely for symptoms such as vomiting, running for president, etc.
Any Good New Oral Meds For Those Slightly Hyperglycemic Cats?
I suggest some of you start trying 1U SID of glargine (lantus) for these cats you are describing which can't be controlled with low carb foods and are very sensitive to small doses of insulin. Make sure you use 0.3ml syringes to increase accuracy.
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, November 28, 10 pm ET
Join Laurie McCauley, DVM, for Neurologic Rehabilitation: Getting Our Patients Moving Again.
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the link in the Rounds Schedule to join the discussion.
Virtual Coffehouse
Tuesday, November 30, 9:30 pm ET
Had any interesting derm cases lately? (Know of a good Derm Notebook? We do! Check out the Library.) Stop by and share your strange skin cases with your friends. They're happy to listen.
This Week's Rounds Schedule -- use the Coffeehouse link to join the discussion
Recent Rounds
 Abstract Of The Week:
What is the likelihood that foals treated for septic arthritis will race?
What's Your Diagnosis?
* Dental Brain-Teaser 30
* Case Archives
Website Of The Week:
Textbook Of Small Animal Orthopaedics, and More ...
Book Review:
BSAVA Manual of Reptiles, Second Edition
Order this book from the VIN Store.
eVetsites Tip of the Week:
Business Slogans or “tag lines” on eVetsites
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: NAVC, WVC.
From the Boards:
* Controlled Drugs: Volume Loss In Needle Hubs
* Myringotomy
* VRF, MRSA, And Pet Therapy Animals
* What's The Biggest Problem Facing DVMs?
Ready Or Not, Here They Come: Borreliosis, Bartonellosis, Babesiosis, And Cytauxzoonosis
Take VIN CE's Ready Or Not, Here They Come: Borreliosis, Bartonellosis, Babesiosis, And Cytauxzoonosis Bartonellosis, borreliosis, babesiosis, and cytauxzoonosis ... - Are you ready for that moment the first cases come in your door?
- Do you know what diagnostic tests and clinical approaches will give you the most useful information?
- Do you know how to treat (or prevent) these diseases?
- Do you feel totally prepared?
Instructors:
Barrak Pressler, DVM, ACVIM (Internal Medicine)
Adam Birkenheuer, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Internal Medicine) Dates:
January 26 - February 16, 2005
Interactive Sessions:
Wednesdays, Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb 9; 9:30 - 11:30 PM ET 6 CE Credits Tuition:
Member/$92, Non-Member/$146 by January 12, 2005;
Member/$102, Non-Member/$162 after January 12, 2005 To learn more about this course, and to enroll visit the Ready Or Not, Here They Come: Borreliosis, Bartonellosis, Babesiosis, And Cytauxzoonosis course page.
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