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Prescription Drug Updates
A new Pet Prescription handout, provided by Dr. Greg McGrath, has been added to the VIN Forms collection. This handout can be used as a resource to inform clients about various prescription purchasing options, and the possible outcome of their decisions to purchase outside of the clinic setting. The pet prescription handout is in the "Client Handouts" and "Prescription Policy" categories, and was also added to the Clinical Pharmacology Specialty Center.

Speaking of medications, the FDA lists current drug shortages on their website. For your convenience, a link to their drug shortages page is in the Recall Center.

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NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK
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News Reported for YOU...

• Novartis warns veterinarians of Clomicalm tablet mixups
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• Labor Department maintains rosy outlook for veterinarians
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• Awareness of xylitol toxicity in dogs still lacking
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• AVMA backs legislation forcing online sellers to remit sales taxes
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Evolving articles
* Student-loan consolidation application miscue
* Suspected zoonosis: when to test?

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New and Revised
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• Expandable Foaming Glues like Gorilla
  Glue Cause Obstructions
• Furever Friends

Texas Farm Radio

• A New Muscle Disease: Seasonal Pasture Myopathy

Use of intravenous lipid emulsion to treat ivermectin toxicosis in a Border Collie
Case Description-A 2-year-old spayed female Border Collie was treated with IV lipid emulsion (ILE) after ingesting 6 mg/kg (2.73 mg/lb) of an equine ivermectin anthelmintic paste 8 hours prior to examination.

Efficacy and safety of a new 450 mg/ml florfenicol formulation administered intramuscularly in the treatment of bacterial bovine respiratory disease
The objective of the study was the safety and efficacy evaluation of a new 450 mg/ml florfenicol formulation in the treatment of naturally occurring respiratory disease when administered intramuscularly, compared with a positive control group treated with the well-established 300 mg/ml formulation.

Epidemiology of struvite uroliths in ferrets: 272 cases (1981-2007)
Knowledge of predominant mineral type in uroliths along with insight into etiologic, demographic, and environmental risk and protective factors for urolithiasis may facilitate development of surveillance strategies that result in earlier detection of uroliths in ferrets. Modification of risk factors, including dietary risk factors, may help to minimize urolith formation, dissolve existing uroliths, and minimize urolith recurrence.

Cryptococcus treatment options for cat; treatment for Amphotericin B overdose; tip for measuring urine production in hospitalized
Since his signs are progressing, I was considering switching his treatment protocol to Amphotericin B and Flucytosine. My biggest concern lies in the potential for renal toxicity and his age. His most recent BUN=26 and Crea=1.6 with a USG=1.051. Am I just being impatient with the Fluconazole protocol, since it's long half-life causes a delay in steady state serum levels? Or should I get aggressive with his treatment, as his signs are progressing, albeit slowly, even though he is a senior cat? I'd rather have a blind cat than a cat in renal failure.

Chondroblastic osteosarcoma in the femur of young dog that recently underwent a tibia tuberosity advancement
It is just a reminder for all of us that not all of those are cruciates *or* that cranial cruciate ligament rupture can happen in combination with other disease.

Critically ill icteric cat; is esophageal feeding tube in the right place? (radiographs)
When I was placing the tube and reversed it to go down esophagus, the only thing that was a bit odd was it coursed over to the right side of neck midway down (I could physically feel the tube on the right side of her neck). Did I just not place the entrance caudally enough (i.e. tube exited too close to the larnyx, and if it backed up a bit it obscured the entrance?).

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Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, February 7, 9:30 p.m. ET
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How to Use VIN: Part 2
Wednesday, February 8, 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, February 9, 2:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Learn how to use VIN's Knowledgebase.
Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

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Continual Education
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Book Review of the Week
Small Animal Clinical Techniques
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Website of the Week
American FactFinder

eVetSites Tip of the Week
Improved Accuracy for Statistics

What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Pathology Case 88 - Opened 1/30
Ophthalmology Case 141 - Opened 1/20
Zoonosis Case 113 - Opened 1/30

Associate - Updated and New:
Inflammatory bowel disease (canine)
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Upcoming Conferences
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How do you know that?
Patient had vomited glass shards. An x-ray of the stomach showed a 1-inch-long cylinder still stuck in the pyloric antrum. Staff looked at x-ray and exclaimed that it looked like the stem of a crack pipe. We removed the glass foreign body via endoscopy and the glass cylinder had a charred substance on the inside. I was a bit concerned that so many of my staff seemed to know what part of a crack pipe looks like!

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
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Systems A: Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review
February 9 - April 15, 2012

This course is the third of six modules of the Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination review course. The organ system-based modules build on the on foundations of pathophysiology and medicine in modules 1 and 2, using concepts and disease examples specific to the various body systems.

Dermatology Therapeutics
February 15 - March 3, 2012

This course will include some of the current thoughts on the treatment of skin disease. See what some of the world's leading experts are using. What's new, some prevailing thoughts about pathogenesis, and what to do with some of your difficult and hard to treat cases. This is not an in-depth seminar, rather a quick overview to see what's happening in the treatment of skin disease.

CE opportunities for yourself, your veterinary technicians, receptionists, or practice managers, check out the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page.

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