Take Control of Your Web Site
For years VINners have asked if VIN can help them develop their web site. We finally have the answer. eVetSite, a new VIN service/company, makes web site design easy! Very quickly and easily, you can design and launch your new site (or we can help you convert your old one -- if you are finding it difficult to keep fresh). VINners get very deep discounts as a member benefit. We built it for you. Take a free trial at http://www.evetsite.com.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 VIN's Household Poisonous Plant Book!
What's New on VIN!
Newly-Added To VeterinaryPartner.com - Newly-Added To VIN -
Canine borreliosis
A new diagnostic method, the C6 peptide test for Lyme, and serology and PCR testing for Ehrlichia, Babesia, and Bartonella species will help to sort out seroprevalence and symptomatology caused by exposure to these agents or by coinfections. In addition, Rickettsia, Leptospira, Mycoplasma species, and more could be involved in dogs diagnosed with a "doxycycline-responsive" disease.
Update on feline calicivirus: new trends
In addition to being important upper respiratory tract pathogens of cats, FCVs are increasingly reported as a cause of a highly contagious febrile hemorrhagic syndrome. Strains causing this syndrome are genetically different from the vaccine strain and other nonhemorrhagic FCV isolates.
Pythiosis, lagenidiosis, and zygomycosis in small animals
Pythiosis, lagenidiosis, and zygomycosis affect animals living in temperate, tropical, and subtropical climates, and these diseases are often fatal. Although Pythium insidiosum, Conidiobolus species, and Basidiobolus species have been recognized as pathogens for several years, members of the genus Lagenidium have been identified as a cause of oomycosis in dogs only recently.
Postoperative pain management using fentanyl patches in dogs
Our study also suggested that increased subcutaneous fat delayed the rate of absorption of fentanyl. The lower body-weight beagles, which had the 25-mg/h patches, reached reported human serum analgesic levels within 8 hours after placement, whereas the heavier beagles with the 50-mg/h patches reached human serum analgesic levels 12 hours after placement.
Best Way To Handle Clients Angry Over Fees?
I really don't want to spend time on the phone with these rude people since I can be sure none of them are coming back. My office manager says I should call them back so they can vent and then they will be happy. What do you all think?
What Can We Do About The QUACK?
Just saw a very sick cat who had surgery a month ago at the local "Quality Unlikely And Commonly Kills" guy here in town ...
IM Telazol Sedation For Fractious Cats?
I'm a big fan of chemical retraint, especially for fractious cats. Does anyone have anything that you like to use (IM) on a nasty cat? Some cats are just too mean to try and risk an IV injection!
DM, IBD Cat: Budesonide And Sustained Release Capsules
Manufacturing of sustained release dosage forms is high tech and if any pharmacist claims to be able to compound them: run, don't walk, away from them.
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, December 21 - NO Rounds
Spend this holiday time with your offline family.
Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, December 23, 9:30 pm ET -
What are you planning for your holiday events? Stop by and tell us.
Rounds Room
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, December 28 - NO Rounds
Spend this holiday time with your offline family.
Recent Rounds
* Highlights Of The Annual Dental Forum
* Chemistry Pitfalls
* Puzzled About FIP?
* Neighborhood Demographics And Client Fees
* Applying For An Internship Or Residency?
* ECVIM 2003 - Cardiology Updates
* Hypercalcemia
 Abstract Of The Week:
Amitriptyline In The Management Of Idiopathic FLUTD
Website Of The Week:
Johne’s Disease, and more ...
Book Review:
Bovine Anatomy, An Illustrated Text, First Edition
eVetSite Systems Tip Of The Week:
Add a Dancing Holiday Message Marquee to your eVetsite
VINner Survey 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:
* VIN Access
* Ear Cytology (Pictures)
* Raisins: How Much Is Too Much?
* Fused Vertebrae
Practical Dentistry & Feline Viral Pathogens
- Smile every time a dental case comes in the door.
- Purr with contentment at knowing just which tests to run on that next feline URI case.
- Bask in the security of knowing how to take diagnostic dental radiographs.
VIN has two great CE courses to prepare you for those golden moments! Sign up for Practical Veterinary Dentistry and Purrfect Tests: Diagnostics For Feline Viral Pathogens, and you won't be gritting your teeth when those patients walk in Practical Veterinary Dentistry is a 12 CEU course designed to help you obtain a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of veterinary dentistry. Instructors: Steve Holmstrom, DVM, DAVDC and Bill Gengler, DVM, DAVDC Dates: January 26 - March 8, 2004
Tuition:
Member/$173, Non-Member/$250 before January 12;
Member/$192, Non-Member/$278 after January 12. Purrfect Tests: Diagnostics For Feline Viral Pathogens is a 4 CEU course that will describe basic techniques for diagnosis of viral diseases. This will be followed by specific discussion of diagnostics for the major feline viral pathogens. Instructor: Melissa A. Kennedy, DVM, PhD, DACVM Dates: February 25 - March 10, 2004 Tuition:
Member/$58, Non-Member/$101 before Feb. 11;
Member/$64, Non-Member/$112 after Feb. 11 To register or learn more about these courses, click Practical Veterinary Dentistry and Purrfect Tests: Diagnostics For Feline Viral Pathogens. (These courses are open for enrollment to veterinary technicians.)
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