VIN/VSPN Rounds: DEA Rules that Every Practitioner Must Know
Which forms should you fill out in triplicate? Who should have keys to the drug box? Do you need your own DEA license or can you practice under someone else's? Join Phil Seibert, CVT, this Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET to discuss the latest updates and common mistakes.
Invite your entire team to attend! Your support staff can access the session on www.VSPN.org.
*This session will be all text, no audio.

VIN Rounds: An Introduction to Narrative Medicine: How the Stories of Patients, Clients and Ourselves can Aid the Clinical Process.
Tired of striving for objective clinical detachment that just leaves you feeling cold and distant? Join Michele Gaspar, DVM, DABVP, MA, this Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET to learn how to better listen to your clients and more strongly empathize with your patients.
Read this article before attending.
*This session will also feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Use the Rounds link in the main navigation bar to join the discussions.

Not able to attend? Find out how to catch up on missed Rounds sessions and stay informed about upcoming sessions.

See what's happening next week - take a look at the Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock.

Enjoy a free refreshment, enter the drawing (you could win a new television! - no purchase or contribution necessary), and, attend engaging discussions with VIN Consultants, staff and other VINners.

This is a great opportunity to get to know some of your fellow VINners and put faces to the names of some of the folks 'behind' the scenes at VIN. You just might walk away with some new friends AND a new TV!

The VIN lounge will be at the Mandalay Bay South Convention Center, behind the Cyber Café in the Breakers registration hallway. Map

• Meet VIN Consultants and VIN members
• Relax and enjoy a refreshment
• Learn more about VIN, VSPN, & VINx
• Learn how to take control of your practice's online presence
• Share your ideas about VIN and the veterinary profession
• Preview new features coming to VIN

The VIN Lounge will be open:
Monday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 p.m.- 5 p.m.

We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!

Looking for a Job or Something? Offering a Job or Something? Try VIN (VETQUEST) Classifieds!
VETQUEST classifieds is a popular, effective, and FREE way to search for positions, associates, equipment, events, and more.

Log into VIN and click on the Classifieds button in the blue navigation bar at the top right hand corner of the Front Page or go to http://www.vetquest.com/.

VETQUEST classifieds are open to anyone -- not just VIN members.

VIN members can double their chances of finding the perfect new associate or selling your surplus equipment by posting in the Classifieds folder (located on the Associations and Foundations board) on the VIN Message Boards.

Vets In Recovery Anonymous Meeting

Vets in recovery is a VIN Foundation project.

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

• Navigating student debt, income-based loan repayment (Commentary)
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• Veterans’ service dogs receive full medical insurance
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Golden Retriever Lifetime Study takes off
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving story:
What’s the state of the job market?

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

• Insulin Administration in Cats (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• Feeding Alfalfa

VetzInsight

• Dog Toys Are Fun! (Right?)

Temporally separated bilateral anal sac gland carcinomas in four dogs
This case series presents the outcome of four unique cases of unilateral anal sac gland carcinoma which subsequently developed contralateral anal sac gland carcinoma 50 to 390 days after removal of the initial tumour. Median survival was 1035 days after initial diagnosis and 807 days after diagnosis of the second anal sac gland carcinoma.

Zoonotic disease risk perceptions and infection control practices of Australian veterinarians: Call for change in work culture
No personal protective equipment (PPE) was used by 60-70% of veterinarians for treating respiratory and neurological cases and by 40-50% when treating gastrointestinal and dermatological cases. Workplace conditions need improvement as 34.8% of workplaces did not have isolation units for infected animals, 21.1% did not have separate eating areas for staff, and 57.1% did not have complete PPE kits for use.

Measurement of cortisol in dog hair: a noninvasive tool for the diagnosis of hypercortisolism
The determination of cortisol in hair offers the advantage that sampling is easier and less invasive than taking blood, urine, faeces, or saliva. Measuring cortisol in hair may represent a valuable tool for the diagnosis of hyperadrenocorticism in dogs.

Distended Abdomen In Otherwise-Healthy Older Kitten; Detailed List Of Differentials For Abdominal Distention In Cats
General differentials for abdominal distension would include...

Use Of A Shock Collar In An Aggressive Dog; Resources For Educating Clients About Training Methods
I am sorry you had to go through this, but often people respond poorly when their judgement is called into question. In some cases, people actually do not like shocking their dogs, but if an "expert" tells them to, they do it.

Dog With Unilateral Hydronephrosis And Hematuria (Ultrasound Images, Radiographs)
With ureteral obstructions, ultrasound is a poor tool to tell if there is renal cortex left. The renal pelvis can stretch and the cortex can look like it is gone, but it may be back after an obstruction is fixed.

Dietary Protein Levels For Patients With Chronic Renal Disease
If you're getting 3-7 years with your renal failure patient population who does everything, conventional and complementary, and I'm getting 3-7 years with a patient population who resists conventional, but will do complementary, and the average general practitioner on the street is getting 3-7 years with straight conventional medicine, are any of us actually doing anything other than diagnosing?

Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock

Sunday, February 9 - 8 p.m. ET - VIN/VSPN Rounds
Join Phil Seibert, CVT, for DEA Rules that Every Practitioner Must Know.
Invite your entire team to attend! Your support staff can access the session on www.VSPN.org.
This session will be all text, no audio.

Sunday, February 9 - 9 p.m. ET - VIN Rounds
Join Michele Gaspar, DVM, DABVP, MA, for An Introduction to Narrative Medicine: How the Stories of Patients, Clients and Ourselves can Aid the Clinical Process.
Read this article before attending.
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Tuesday, February 11 - 8 p.m. ET - VIN/AAFP Rounds
Join Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP, for Healthy Aging In Cats: What's Normal, What's Not?
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Tuesday, February 11 - 9:30 p.m. ET - Venting over a Venti
Need to vent? Michele Gaspar, DVM, DABVP, MA, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

Wednesday, February 12 - 9:30 p.m. ET - How to Use VIN Part 2
Learn how to get more out of your VIN Experience. Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

Use the Rounds link in the main navigation bar to join these discussions.

Need help remembering when Rounds sessions are happening? Check out the list of ways to be reminded about VIN Rounds sessions.

Want to See What You've Been Missing?
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• Chronic Pain: Neuropathic/Spinal @
• Wonderful World of Foxes (R) @
• What Makes Us Work So Hard? (R) @

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Now you can also REPLAY rounds sessions. Find out how!

Rounds are also searchable! In Search 3, use the filters on the left of your Search Results page.

My Little Town
In the spirit of "The Best Thing to Happen Today" thread, I want to share my little town, Powell River, BC.

No matter how raw and ugly the rest of my life may become, the beauty of this little village on the edge of the Pacific Ocean always reminds me that the world remains a beautiful place. I wish I could catch some photos of the distant Island mountain chain with the Comox Glacier glistening white in the distance, but I have taken a hundred images of the breathtaking view and not one of them even comes close to the catching the true, overwhelming beauty of the view.

I challenge others to share that one place on earth closer to our heart than all else. Home.

BSAVA Congress 2014 takes place April 3-6 in Birmingham, England.
Make sure to check out the BSAVA Congress 2013 proceedings.

Book Review of the Week
Medical Terminology for Health Professions, Seventh Edition
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Glucocereborsidosis
Explore the rest of Associate!

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

New Proceedings in the VIN Library
AAFP 2012
ACVB-AVSAB 2013
ISFM 2013

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 websites! Links to information about upcoming conferences include: WVC, SAVMA, Voorjaarsdagen, and BSAVA.

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register, and find more upcoming CE

Bacterial & Fungal Diseases in Pet Birds
February 18 - March 7, 2014

The first of a series of 90 minute lectures on avian/exotic topics, this course will be a review of the bacterial and fungal infections commonly diagnosed in pet birds.

Basic Captive Marine Mammal Husbandry, Physiology, and Medicine
February 23 - March 19, 2014

This course will be an overview of basic husbandry and medicine of the commonly maintained captive marine mammals such as California sea lions and bottlenose dolphins.

Get detailed help on How to Enroll in a VIN CE Course.

To get the most from your CE course, plan to attend a practice session before your course begins. Practice sessions are scheduled for the same days and times each week for your convenience:

• Tues. afternoons 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
• Weds. evenings 10:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET
• Thurs. evenings 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET

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