Newest additions:

• Health Care Estimate
• Voucher Client Pre-Authorization Consent Form
• Surgery Drop-Off Instructions

Want to share your favorite forms with other VINners? E-mail the text (or a scanned image) of the form to VINdatabase@vin.com or send a copy of the form via snail mail to: Dr. Nicky Mastin, PO Box 2, The Sea Ranch, CA 95497. Be sure to include your name, telephone number and e-mail address with the copy.

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK and discuss
News reported for YOU...
Learn more about the VIN News Service (VNS); help make the VNS what you want it to be by sharing WHAT YOU THINK with the VNS staff and all VINners.

Test Yourself With Challenging
and Fun Cases!
Test your clinical acumen in the new archive of Challenging and Fun Cases. Sharpen your diagnostic skills and have fun in the process!

This area in the VIN Library is organized by species and discipline, allowing you to choose from hundreds of cases.

Want to see your own interesting cases and discussions included in this archive? Send an email to Library@vin.com. Be sure to include a link to the message board discussion you want to see included!

Back to School or Decades Out of School...VIN Gives You The Edge!
If you're finding you don't have enough shelf space for all the books you need to get through anatomy class or you just need a quick review before surgery, visit the Anatomy and Pathology section of the VIN Student Center!

Thanks to the continuous efforts of the VIN community, the Student Center has grown into a resource to serve all VINners.

Special thanks to the following for sharing these resources:

• Cornell University: Necropsy Show and Tell
• Dr. Jan Bellows: Normal Feline Dental Anatomy
• Oklahoma State University: Comparative Anatomy (equine)
• University of Minnesota: Web-Based Veterinary Anatomy Instruction
• The University of Pennsylvania: General and Systemic Pathology website

Use MyToolbox to get help, search the VIN Library or open the VINdex menu.

E-mail to Feedback@vin.com if you'd like to contribute to the Student Center and don't forget to share your VIN experience on your school message boards.

New in VeterinaryPartner:

• Doggy Do Right
• Mast Cell Tumors
• Separation Anxiety in Dogs
• Pacemakers
• Silymarin revised
• Cisapride revised

Texas Farm Radio

• Treatment of Arthritis with Tildren in Horses

Pharmacokinetics and physiological effects of intravenous hydromorphone in conscious dogs
Intravenous hydromorphone produced mechanical anti-nociception and sedation of a magnitude similar to morphine.

Pharmacokinetics of valacyclovir in the adult horse
Superposition suggested that a loading dose of 27 mg/kg valacyclovir every 8 hours for 2 days, followed by a maintenance dose of 18 mg/kg every 12 hours, will maintain effective serum acyclovir concentrations.

Low-dietary protein intake induces problems with glucose homeostasis and results in hepatic steatosis in heavy milk-fed calves
Long-term low-dietary protein intake increased hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, glucosuria, and hepatic steatosis in heavy milk-fed calves, likely associated with increased insulin resistance.

How to amputate an udder
Older goat, large mammary, never bred, producing milk, no sign of infection. Sort of the same old story. Owner not likely to spay it, but thought that eventually may need to amputate it. Just looking for a real solution.

Correlating ultrasonographic images with liver pathology
Contrast harmonic imaging is also used to help decide benign vs malignant in human liver lesions. There has been some work with this in veterinary imaging also.

Is anyone matching prices with PetMeds or other online pharmacies?
Anytime someone is in the office and he seems to be on the fence about whether to pick their meds up, we tell him that we are priced to beat Petmeds, are in the position to offer him manufacturer discounts and guarantees on top of that, and also offer to sell individual doses if he prefers.

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, November 30 ~ No Rounds
It's Thanksgiving weekend in the USA.

This Week's Rounds Schedule
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions.

Want to See What You've Been Missing?
Click the Rounds button on VIN's main navigation bar and read the transcripts of the last few Rounds, click the complete list of Rounds to get to the list of the last 300 Rounds transcripts or click on Rounds and Discussions in the VIN Library.

Rounds are also searchable via the Search button. Just remember to choose Rounds (under the Clinical Resources tab) as the "Source" in your search parameters.

For All You Multi-Taskers:
Download VINCasts to your MP3 player and listen to previous Rounds sessions while you run errands, exercise or steal a few minutes of me-time.

Recent Rounds
@ = VINCast available for this session

Member Benefit:
Continual Education
Don't just attend CE - learn and enjoy! VIN continual education courses are unlike any CE you've experienced. If you need CE credits, VIN can help you meet your continual education requirements and have fun at the same time - all from the comfort and convenience of your home or office!

Experience direct interaction among instructors and fellow participants daily on the message boards and during the weekly real time sessions. Please visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog for information on current courses.

Get More From VIN
Why Should I Cross-Post?
By cross-posting, you allow the various specialists to combine their knowledge into one discussion, thus creating a TEAM EFFORT in guiding you with your case. Get help and see examples!

Funny Bones:
Every Bird Deserves to Fly
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!!!"

What's Your Diagnosis?
*Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases

Associate - Updated and New:
* Ununited anconeal process in Dogs
* Explore the rest of Associate!

Book Review of the Week:
Decision Making in Small Animal Oncology
Purchase it in the VIN Bookstore!

Website of the Week:
Military Working Dog Foundation and more...

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 and EAAV.

These courses are now open for enrollment. Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE.
Practical Avian Medicine Module 3
Diagnostics and Interpretation
January 22 - February 5, 2009

Module 3 will cover sample collection methods, diagnostic imaging and interpretation of labwork.

Practical Avian Medicine Module 4
Managing Avian Diseases: Behavior and Emergency
February 3 - February 17, 2009

Module 4 will cover management of single bird vs. flock, common avian behavior problems and emergency management.

Veterinary Acupuncture - Fundamental Principles
February 24 - March 31, 2009

Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) can be difficult to understand. This course is designed to provide veterinarians with detailed information on a simple and logical way to grasp the fundamental principles of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and veterinary acupuncture. This course will consist of five (5), 2-hour real-time sessions, detailed presentations with basic theories and clinical case examples on all topics.

For information on other CE courses check out the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page.

Please visit How-To's Of Online CE for details about how to register and participate in online CE courses.

If you're looking for information on CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists or practice managers, please visit the VSPN CE page. VSPN offers courses tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VPSN members.