Join Michael Guy, DVM, PhD, this Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET to find out what the investigators hope to learn and how you can help.
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• VETS4VETS: Support for VINners with all kinds of issues -- pretty much anything and everything that veterinarians go through!
  Contact Bree Montana, DVM
• Bankruptcy Club: a group for VINners who are contemplating, experiencing, or living through financial distress. Contact Debbie Taranik, DVM
• BRIDGE: a group for VINners with health conditions that affect their ability to practice.
  Contact Melissa Nixon, DVM
• SUCers: aka the Startup Club, a group for VINners who have or are planning a startup.
  Contact Paul Pion, DVM, DACVIM
• Vets In Recovery: a confidential, identity-protected group for VINners who are in/or seeking recovery from any addiction.
  Contact Bree Montana, DVM

To contact any of these colleagues, click on their names to view their VIN profile, then click the Email icon.

If you are an experienced DVM and have an interest in mentoring newer grads and/or experienced grads Contact Bree Montana, DVM.

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Jeepers Creepers, How do you Treat Those Peepers?
Have questions about treating cataracts in a cat or degenerative eye disease in dog? Feast your eyes on the ophthalmic resources brought together in the Ophthalmology Specialty Center.

The Ophthalmology Center can be found in the Specialty Centers section of the VIN library and on the About Page of the Ophthalmology folder in the VIN message boards.

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

• Equine hospital by New York racetrack revived
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Lantus prices squeeze veterinarians and owners of diabetic cats
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Veterinarians receiving loan repayment awards say program makes a difference
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving stories:
What’s the state of the job market?
Fairness to Pet Owners Act reintroduced in Congress

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO)

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• Diagnosis of Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)

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• Extra, extra! Stop the pisses! When your cat can’t pee, badness ensues

The effect of body condition on propofol requirement in dogs
Induction of general anaesthesia with propofol in overweight dogs may be expected at lower doses than normal-weight animals.

Pharmacokinetics of ammonium sulfate gradient loaded liposome-encapsulated oxymorphone and hydromorphone in healthy dogs
Oxymorphone and hydromorphone, when encapsulated into liposomes using the ammonium sulfate gradient loading technique, result in measureable serum concentrations for between 3 to 4 weeks. This formulation may have promise in the convenient use of opioids for clinical treatment of chronically painful conditions in dogs.

Bilateral medial displacement of the biceps tendon of origin: repair using polypropylene mesh and staples
To stabilise the biceps tendon, polypropylene mesh was fixed across the intertubercular groove to replace the torn transverse humeral retinaculum. Recovery was uneventful and lameness resolved.

Dog That Has Arched Back, Reluctance To Rise, And Anorexia Has Bile Duct Carcinoma
There are three things that tend to cause a dog to walk with an arched back: abdominal pain, disc disease (spinal pain), and rear limb pain.

Why Are Intramuscular Injections Still Given In The Caudal Thigh?
In a cadaver study in cats using intramuscular injection of a dye in the caudal thigh, it was found that in a large percentage of injections, the dye accumulated in the fascial plane surrounding the nerve.

Coughing Dog: Is There Cardiomegaly Or A Cervical Mass?
The cervical vertebrae throw a lot of people off. The most important thing is to see if the cervical spine is absolutely straight -- and it almost never is.

Must I Provide W9 Tax Form And Personal Information To Company Who Hired Me?
If you are holding yourself out as a business, you can apply for an EIN (Employer Identification Number) and provide that. You then avoid having to use your social security number, if you want to reduce the likelihood of identity theft.

Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock

Sunday, March 2 - 9 p.m. ET - VIN Rounds
Join Michael Guy, DVM, PhD, for a discussion of the The Golden Retriever Lifetime Study: Morris Animal Foundation Needs your Help to Beat Canine Cancer.
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Monday, March 3 - 9 p.m. ET - VIN/VECCS Rounds
Join Elke Rudloff, DVM, DACVECC, for Traumatic Brain Injury: What Is The Evidence?
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Tuesday, March 4 - 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, March 5 - 9:30 p.m. ET - How to Use VIN Part 1
Learn how to get more out of your VIN Experience. Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

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• Feral Cat Population Control Methods Journal Club
• AAHA Fluid Guidelines VIN/VSPN (R)
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Got Staff?
The Veterinary Support Personnel Network (VSPN) gives your technicians, practice managers and other staff members access to their own message boards, chats and CE. We are also actively working on a VSPN-plus that will enable you, valued nonDVM staff and all VINners at your hospital, to act more collaboratively with VIN and VSPN tools. Have your staff go to www.vspn.org to register! It's free!

Book Review of the Week
Atlas of Feline Anatomy for Veterinarians, Second Edition
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
College of Veterinarians of Ontario

What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Ophthalmology Fun 170 - opened 2/7
Zoonotic Brain-Teaser 151 - opened 2/24
Pathology Brain-Teaser 125 - opened 2/19

Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Primary Dysautonomia
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 what conferences are coming up and to visit their websites! Links to information about upcoming conferences include: SAVMA, BSAVA and Voorjaarsdagen.

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

Basic Fish Diseases
March 18 - April 4, 2014

This is a basic presentation of how to approach fish in practice. It includes anatomy, water quality, disease conditions, and diagnostic and therapy options for fish.

PHAR100-0314: Pharmaceutical Regulatory Review 2014
March 31 - April 16, 2014

This course is open to veterinarians and veterinary support staff actively interested in learning how to evaluate their practice to reduce the risk of theft, diversion or prosecution for failure to maintain an adequate system of security and accountability for controlled substances.

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