There are three cash prizes available to help support tuition and education related expenses. Many of the entries will be shared with the VIN Community, so be sure to stay tuned.

Hurry! The deadline for entry is January 7! Please spread the word to veterinary students!

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NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK, reported for YOU...

• Big gets bigger in 2016
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• Veterinary-drugs seller Sean Gerson arrested
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• Free workshops on business savvy in rural veterinary practice
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• Cat declaw under fire in New Jersey
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Evolving stories:
- Ban on powdered gloves coming Jan. 18
- School closures leave veterinary-tech students in lurch
- Antech litigation threat takes new twist
- U.S. veterinarians working abroad

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• Rabies in Horses

VetzInsight

• This Fungus is Everywhere and Wants to Kill Everyone

An association between systemic cyclosporine administration and development of acute bullous keratopathy in cats
Systemic cyclosporine therapy was found to be a significant risk factor for ABK development, while systemic prednisolone was not significant.

Management of Otic and Nasopharyngeal, and Nasal Polyps in Cats and Dogs
Feline inflammatory polyps are the most common nonneoplastic lesion of ear and nasopharynx in cats. Minimally invasive techniques for polyp removal, such as traction avulsion combined with curettage of the tympanic cavity and per-endoscopic transtympanic traction, have been successful for long-term resolution.

Comparison of pharmacokinetics of tramadol between young and middle-aged dogs
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Comparison of pharmacokinetics of tramadol between young and middle-aged dogs. Tramadol excretion was significantly prolonged in middle-aged dogs.

National List of Reportable Animal Diseases and Emerging Diseases Framework
This is where VINners can have an impact on "a reporting system that keeps track". To me, this is your chance to speak up and influence this tracking system.

Is Surgery Recommended For Cruciate Ligament Rupture In A Geriatric, Toy Breed Dog?
While the 15% figure has appeared in the literature, that isn't close to what I see. I certainly have seen a few little dogs over the years that seem to get completely better without surgery, but it is nowhere close to 15% of the cases I see.

Cat With Severely Enlarged, Fluid-Filled Paw May Have A Mast Cell Tumor
This is an interesting presentation all right. Most cat cutaneous mast cell tumors are local problems only, but this one is odd enough that I think it would be worth looking for disease elsewhere before doing anything else.

Hepatozoonosis In A North American Cat
How cool is this! I've never seen it. The photo on your lab report is awesome!

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Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, January 3 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, January 4 - 2:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about solo vet issues?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

How to Use VIN, Part 1
Wednesday, January 4 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, January 5 - 2:30 a.m. GMT)
The VIN Representative Committee will show you how to get more out of your VIN experience.
Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

VIN/VSPN Rounds
Sunday, January 8 - 8 p.m. ET
(Monday, January 9 - 1 a.m. GMT)
Join Sandra Mitchell, DVM, DABVP, for My Client Just Brought in this Wild Mammal. Now What Do I Do?
Invite your entire team to attend! Your support staff can access the session on VSPN.
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Website of the Week
Holiday Safety For Pets

New Proceedings:
2016 Southwest Veterinary Symposium (SWVS 2016)

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 which upcoming conferences VIN will be attending. Be sure to stop by the Cyber Café or any of the other VIN booths if you’re attending NAVC, OAVT, WVC, SAVMA, ICARE, or AAHA.

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what other courses are starting soon.

Veterinary In-House Drug Compounding
March 21 - May 5, 2017
Presenter(s): Lauren Eichstadt Forsythe, PharmD, FSVHP

Week 1 of this five week course will provide an overview of compounding for veterinarians including legal considerations and pros/cons of compounded products. Weeks 2-4 will provide video demonstrations of compounding and walk participants through the steps from start to finish of preparing a compound for a patient. Capsule, liquid, transdermal, and otic medications will be covered.

Common Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Injuries
January 17 - April 28, 2017
Presenter(s): Felix M. Duerr, DVM, MS, DACVS-SA, DECVS, DACVSMR

This course will go through diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of common musculoskeletal injuries seen in our canine (some feline cases will be presented but the focus is on dogs) patients. The focus of this course is practically relevant information that is applicable to everyday practice. A large focus will be case presentations including videos of clinical cases. Diagnostic steps and tricks will be covered in-depth. The goal of the course is to give practical tips that help the participant to identify and treat common canine orthopedic problems and to learn more about novel treatment options (including regenerative medicine).

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