Is That Legal? Visit the Legal Specialty Center to Find out
Have legal questions about employment issues, contracts, business law, or how certain laws affect your practice? Find answers in the Legal Specialty Center. Discussions, templates, and resources on various legal topics have been brought together in one convenient place. Find the Legal Specialty Center through the About Page of the Regulatory/Legal Issues folder on the message boards, or through the Specialty Centers section of the VIN Library.
Client Handouts for Common Emergencies
VINner Catherine Ashe, DVM, provided these informative client handouts for you to print out or download. Thanks, Catherine! - Congestive Heart Failure
- C-Section
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Dog/cat Fight Wounds
- Enucleation Surgery
- Foreign Body Surgery
- Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus
- Hemoabdomen
- Pyometra
- Shock/Trauma: Treatment and Diagnostics
- Snakebite
- Urethral Obstruction of Male Cats (“blocked cat”)
Help your clients be better informed pet owners with more Client Education Resources in the VIN Library. Find even more no-cost, advertising-free, independent information that you can trust at VeterinaryPartner.com and VetzInsight.
Cannabinoid Study
Dawn M. Boothe, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Internal Medicine), DACVCP, of the Clinical Pharmacology Lab (CPL) at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, and her team are developing a cannabinoid assay and they are looking for veterinary patients receiving a cannabinoid product or plant. If you have a canine or feline patient that is receiving marijuana or derivatives for medical purposes, consider contributing a blood sample. Learn more here (scroll down to "Cannabinoid Study" for all the details).
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
- 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 Facebook and Twitter!
New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!
Veterinary Partner Texas Farm Radio VetzInsight
Effects of intrauterine infusion of a water-based suspension of enrofloxacin on mare endometrium
Intrauterine infusion of a commercial preparation of enrofloxacin has been shown to produce severe inflammation and irreversible deterioration of endometrial biopsy scores in mares. Intrauterine infusion of a water-based enrofloxacin solution produced only a transient inflammatory response and may be useful for the treatment of bacterial endometritis sensitive to enrofloxacin without the deleterious effects seen with the administration of the commercial preparation.
Nematode dermatitis due to Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a dog
Angiostrongylus vasorum DNA was demonstrated in skin biopsies. Chest radiographs were compatible with verminous pneumonia and a Baermann test revealed A. vasorum larvae. The dog was treated orally with fenbendazole, with rapid improvement and complete cure after 3 months.
Pharmacokinetics of intravenous and subcutaneous cefovecin in alpacas
The purpose of this study was to determine the pharmacokinetics of cefovecin after intravenous and subcutaneous dose of 8 mg/kg to alpacas.
Homeland Terrorism Preparedness
At home, we have 2-3 months of emergency food, 100 gallons of water, and several means to process more water. Our personal vehicles have 3 days of the same, with other emergency/survival stuff.
Refeeding Starved Dog; Advice On Testifying In Animal Neglect Cases
Make your answers short and sweet and to the point of the question only. If you don't specifically know an answer to a question say you don't know. Speculation and long winded answers are the undoing of many witnesses being cross examined by smart attorneys.
Parrot Attacks Owner When Phone Rings
I've seen this behavior in a fair number of dogs, as well. It can be difficult to treat because of the nature of connectedness in our society. You definitely have to start with...
With My Age-Related Hearing Loss, Could I Be Missing Heart And Lung Sounds When Ausculting Patients?
The audiologist asked me if I thought I was missing things, but how do you know if you're *not* hearing things?
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VIN Basic Training
If you're having trouble finding your way around VIN, taking the How-To course can help you start getting the most from your membership! The live three-part "How To Use VIN" course is in session on the first three Wednesday nights of each month. The next series begins on Wednesday, March 2 at 9:30 p.m. ET. Drop-ins welcome! Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.
Do You Feel Guilty After Negative Exploratory Surgery?
The way I manage anxiety over these cases is to be frank with the owner about what's happening. We are making informed, not perfect, decisions, based on what we know at that moment in time. There are pros and cons. Advise the clients of all possible pathways and outcomes. I find that people flip out less when they've been warned that we might eventually end up where we in fact end up (i.e., "negative" explore).
 Book Review of the Week
Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, Second Edition
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!
Website of the Week
Minimizing Pesticide Contaminated Soil Around the Home and Garden
Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Renal Secondary Hyperparathyroidism:
Canine (revised)
Feline (new)
Explore the rest of Associate!
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 WVC, OAVT, SAVMA, BSAVA, Voorjaarsdagen, CVC Virginia Beach, European Congress of Veterinary Dentistry, ECVO, IAAAM, or AVA.
NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what other courses are starting soon.
Large Animal Necropsies
April 11 - 28, 2016
Please Note: Basic Necropsy Techniques is a prerequisite for this course. This course is designed to familiarize the attendee with large animal necropsy specifics, common post-mortem changes, the meaning of pattern in lesion recognition and types of lesions. By the end of the course, the attendee should be able to recognize common lesions, exudates, form a morphologic diagnosis and perform large animal necropsy. Avian and Exotic Necropsies
April 18 - May 5, 2016
This course is designed to familiarize the attendee with avian and exotic animal necropsy specifics, common post-mortem changes, the meaning of pattern in lesion recognition and types of lesions. 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! 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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