PetPost - VINx Postcard Reminder Service
Let VINx handle the never-ending task for you! PetPost provides your practice with custom designed and branded postcards that will grab your clients' attention. Help your clients stay on top of their pet’s health with PetPost. There are many other ways VINx can help you connect with your clients. Contact the VINx team at 800-454-0576 or VINxSupport@vin.com to learn more.
Put Your Skills to the Test in the Interactive Learning Center
Want to challenge your diagnostic skills? Don't miss the VIN Virtual Clinic, where you can test yourself in a risk-free environment! Find interactive case studies like these in the Interactive Learning Center (located in the Multimedia section of the VIN Library). - Feline Diabetes Case Challenge - Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP
- Cardiology Case Studies - Mark D. Kittleson, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
- Radiology Case Studies - Allison Zwingenberger, DVM, DACVR, DECVDI, MRCVS
- Dermatology Fun - Carol S. Foil, DVM, MS, DACVD
Learning can be fun! Check out the Acute Hemorrhage Simulator, Concentration Game or Veterinary Medicine Review Flashcards under Learning Tools and Games. Send us your feedback and let us know what you think and what tools you'd like to see added!
WSAVA Guidelines on VIN
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has developed practioner guidelines for issues that have global relevance. Now available in the VIN library, these guidelines include: - Global Nutrition Guidelines (multiple languages available)
- Guidelines for Recognition, Assessment and Treatment of Pain
- Microchip Identification Guidelines
- Vaccination Guidelines (multiple languages available)
NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK, reported for YOU...
Evolving stories:
- Is there an association between veterinary practice and De Quervain syndrome?
- Of stethoscopes and hearing aids
- Personal safety on field calls
- Beware of Neoplasene Be a VIN newshound:
VNS is your news service. Have an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering?
E-mail Reporters@vin.com. Share news.vin.com with non-VINners. The VIN News Service stories (without access to the community discussions) are publicly available. Follow VNS on Twitter! Send a Twitter request to receive the VNS Tweets.
New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!
Veterinary Partner Texas Farm Radio VetzInsight
Knot Security of 5 Metric (USP 2) Sutures: Influence of Knotting Technique, Suture Material, and Incubation Time for 14 and 28 Days in Phosphate Buffered Saline and Inflamed Equine Peritoneal Fluid
Mechanical properties of suture materials have significant effects on knot security. For polydioxanone, square knot is insufficient to create a secure knot. Additional wraps above a surgeon's knot confer extra stability in some materials, but this increase may not be clinically relevant or justifiable. Glycolide/lactide copolymer had excellent knot security.
Effects of two calculolytic diets on parameters of feline mineral metabolism
Both diets resulted in an increased urinary concentration of magnesium, through different mechanisms: urine acidification (Diet 1) and increased sodium load (Diet 2).
Application of an ELISA Milk Pregnancy Test in Beef Cows
The milk pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAG) ELISA was accurate in predicting pregnancy status using milk collected from beef cattle between days 37 and 125 post-insemination and may be useful for aiding management decisions in beef herds.
Are Antihistamines Useful For Treating Atopy In Dogs And Cats?
In people, the "longer-acting" label is used for cetirizine, fexofenadine, and loratadine. Neither fexofenadine nor loratadine are helpful in veterinary patients, it seems.
Is It Legal To Do Free Physical Exams On My Employees' Pets?
The basic rule is that if you offer your employee a fringe benefit, it is considered a form of pay for the performance of services, so is taxable. To make it not taxable, it needs to...
Diet Recommendations For A Dog With Ammonium Acid Urate Uroliths; Does Adding Water To Diet Really Lower Urine Specific Gravity Or Just Make Dog Drink Less?
It has never made sense to me that feeding wet food will do anything other than make pet less thirsty for water.
Treatment For Antibiotic-Resistant Urinary Tract Infection In A Dog
I think it's now or never for trying to change the course. That would mean fixing the vulva and hoping it is a big contributor, heparin infusion for the bladder, and fecal transplant. Then, we would do D-mannose, cranberry, acupuncture, and hope.
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Check the Rounds page to see what sessions are on the schedule. Times shown are Eastern Time (ET).
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Use the Rounds link in the main navigation bar to join these discussions. VIN Rounds
Sunday, February 7
No Rounds
Many in the US will be celebrating (or mourning) the results of the Super Bowl game.
Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, February 9 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, February 10 - 2:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about student issues?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear. How to Use VIN, Part 2
Wednesday, February 10 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, February 11 - 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 Rounds
Sunday, February 14
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The US celebrates President's Day on Monday.
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The most recent version of the North American Companion Animal Formulary (2015) is available to the VIN community. Browse the full version of the book in the Drug Resources section of the VIN Library or use the Drug Resources filter in Search to find individual listings.
Building Client Base
2013 grad, and I will tell you, it takes a good 18 months for this to really pick up, client-wise. At that point people you met a year ago are returning for annual physicals, etc. and you have had time to build some relationships. Two-and-a-half years out, I now have a reasonable contingent of "my" clients, but not surprisingly it's smaller than those of the doctors who have been there for 15 -16 years.
 Book Review of the Week
Pathology of Pet and Aviary Birds, Second Edition
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!
Website of the Week
Ultrasonography Of Osteosarcoma In Dogs
Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Nephrotic Syndrome:
Canine (revised)
Feline (new)
Explore the rest of Associate!
New Quick Poll:
(Look for it on the lower left side of the VIN Front Page.)
Do you give your personal phone number (home or cell) to clients? Visit the Archived Quick Polls page to participate in previous Quick Poll questions and view results.
New Proceedings
- Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA 2015)
- 20th Annual American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP 2015) symposium
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 and/or other VIN booths if you’re attending WVC, OAVT, SAVMA, BSAVA, Voorjaarsdagen, CVC Virginia Beach, European Congress of Veterinary Dentistry, ECVO, IAAAM, or AVA.
NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register, and find more upcoming CE.
Common Toxicants by Body System
February 23 - April 1, 2016 Participants will learn about a variety of common toxicologic hazards that are frequently encountered by pets. Each presentation will focus on a certain body system. The initial session will cover toxicants that affect the kidney, the second session will cover toxicants that affect the cardiovascular system, the third session will cover toxicants that affect the Central Nervous System (CNS), and the final session will cover the toxicology of toxicants that affect the liver. All sessions will include toxicologic risk, diagnosis and management of exposures/toxicoses. Gastrointestinal Adverse Food Reactions
June 6 - 23, 2016 In this course, we will review the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and nutritional management of gastrointestinal adverse food reactions. In the nutritional management section, we will discuss nutrients of concern, goals for feeding management, and diet selection for patients with gastrointestinal adverse food reactions. Check the World Clock Time Zone Converter to confirm class start times for your area. Visit the CE Participant Resource Center to learn the basics of online CE, how to find your course area, CE participation requirements, and much more! Like VIN CE on Facebook! To see what other courses are currently open for enrollment, browse the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page. Follow VIN CE and VSPN on Twitter!
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