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Go to http://BETA.vin.com/mobile to quickly access the drug resources, calculators, and search pages that have been upgraded to work on mobile devices.

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NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK, reported for YOU...

• Drug options for low thyroid in dogs to shrink sharply
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• Hidden dangers in pet food
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• Mediation set for veterinarian accused of killing cat
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• Dog flu relatively new but not novel
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Evolving stories:
- AVMA summarizes feedback about Council on Education accreditation practices
- Is there an association between veterinary practice and De Quervain syndrome?
- Of stethoscopes and hearing aids

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Zinc Poisoning (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• Omega 3 Fatty Acids for Allergy to Insect Bites

VetzInsight

• Zika Virus and Animals

Indications for and factors relating to outcome after rumenotomy or rumenostomy in cattle: 95 cases (1999-2011)
Long-term follow-up data were available for 38 of 53 (72%) bovids that underwent rumenotomy. Of those 38 animals, 13 (34%) were still in the herd, 14 (37%) had been culled, and 11 (29%) had died or been euthanized.

Epilepsy beyond seizures: a review of the impact of epilepsy and its comorbidities on health-related quality of life in dogs
Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological conditions in the dog, estimated to affect 0.6 to 0.75 percent of dogs.

Effects of food intake on pharmacokinetics of mosapride in beagle dogs
Both Cmax and AUC were significantly higher in the fasting group than in fed dogs, being four times (10.51 µg/mL vs. 2.76 µg/mL) and 3.5 times higher (38.53 h·µg/mL vs. 10.22 h·µg/mL), respectively. These findings suggest that food intake affects the pharmacokinetics of mosapride and that the dosage regimen for this drug need to be reconsidered.

Marked Behavioral Changes In Dog Started On Phenobarbital
We can see hyperactivity and aggressive behavior as a reaction to phenobarbital, but it is most common when drug levels are below the therapeutic range.

Abnormal Movement In A Tarantula Likely Due To Dyskinetic Syndrome (Video)
This is what hobbyists call this condition. The cause is not really known.

Sleeping Dog Has Episodes Of Collapse With Vomiting And Diarrhea After Waking Into Excited State: Vasovagal Syncope Or Other?
Vasovagal syncope has a period of profound bradycardia that causes the collapse (along with vasodilation). The Holter would argue that's not the case here. So this *could* be vasodepressor syncope.

New Veterinarian With Licensing Issue Due To Problems With Fingerprints
Apparently, if you do a lot of typing or other finger pad tasks, or you drag your fingertips along a new concrete bridge as a child, you can have very poor prints.

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

VIN Rounds
Sunday, March 13 - 9 p.m. ET
(Monday, March 14 - 1 a.m. GMT)
Join Leslie A. Lyons, PhD, and Dennis O'Brien, DVM, PhD, for Precision Medicine: Flexing our Genomic Muscles for Cats with Myopathies
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, March 15 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, March 16 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about new grad issues?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

How to Use VIN, Part 3
Wednesday, March 16 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, March 17 - 1:30 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.

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• Student Loan Repayment & New REPAYE Program @ (R) Interim
• Low Cobalamin Levels: A Review of the Problem and What's New Journal Club
• Prehospital Care - Does it Exist? VECCS (R)
• Glaucoma is NOT a Tonopen Number! @ (R)
• Recent Compelling and Clinically Relevant JFMS Updates AAFP (R)

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The Book section of Associate lets you read the chapter on a particular disease. The Tool section helps you analyze your cases, clinical sign by clinical sign.

Book Review of the Week
How We Do Things Here: Developing and Teaching Office-Wide Protocols
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Veterinary Anatomy

Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Feline Perinephric Pseudocysts new
Canine Allium (Garlic/Onion) Toxicosis new
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New Quick Poll:
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Do you/does your practice reuse single-use endotracheal tubes?

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

Basic Necropsy Technique
March 28 - April 14, 2016

This course is designed to familiarize the attendee with basic necropsy techniques, 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 a basic, complete necropsy.

Cytology 101
June 9 - August 7, 2016

This course will cover sample collection/handling, care and usage of the microscope (including Kohler Illumination), approach to a cytology slide, a detailed discussion of lesion classification base on 5 general categories and their respective subcategories (inflammation, cysts, hemorrhage, neoplasia, and mixed), common cutaneous/SQ lesions, lymph node cytology, fluid cytology, stained urine sediment cytology, and fecal cytology.

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