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Brush up on some of those difficult cases before they walk through your door!

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

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• Why is my Dog Having Accidents in the House? (revised)

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• The Unkindest Cut

Use of B-mode ultrasonography for fetal sex determination in dogs
This study describes the sonographic appearance of the external genitalia in canine fetuses in utero associated with a specific position of the fetus and reports that sex determination is possible between 55 and 58 days of gestation.

Level of energy restriction alters body condition score and morphometric profile in obese Shetland ponies
The higher energy restriction was associated with a faster decrease in BCS, tail head, and heart plus belly girth, but no gastric ulcers or stereotypic behaviours were seen.

Alopecia areata universalis in a dog
Treatment with oral ciclosporin resulted in near complete resolution of the alopecia, but after 5 months without treatment the alopecia did not relapse and spontaneous resolution cannot be ruled out.

How Many Years Of Experience Should A Veterinarian Have Prior To Starting His Own Practice?
I think the biggest problem for most vets in opening a clinic straight out (or nearly straight out) of vet school is that the vet is new to both business and veterinary medicine -- and it is hard to do both well when still *learning* about both.

Calculating Maintenance Fluid Rates In Small Animal Patients
The key is that these formulas are just estimates of a patient's maintenance requirements and should not be considered absolute. No one formula works for all patients, so continual reassessment of the patient throughout the treatment is warranted.

Office Manager Has Trouble Getting Everything Done And Refuses To Take Vacation; Detecting And Preventing Embezzlement
There is a reason that, when you work for a bank in any capacity that involves handling money, the bank mandates a full week vacation at least twice a year.

What Are Good Ways For Veterinary Students To Take Notes And Learn?
I'm still in vet school, and have used Evernote since day one. It's the best thing I've ever done.

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VECCS Rounds
Monday, March 21 - 8 p.m. ET
(Tuesday, March 22 - Midnight GMT)
Join Lisa Moses, VMD, DACVIM, for What Every ER Vet Should Know About Hospice and Palliative Care.
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, March 22 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, March 23 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about life away from the office?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

VIN Rounds
Sunday, March 27 -- NO ROUNDS
Celebrate Easter or Spring Break, whichever fills you with more joy.

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• Low Cobalamin Levels: A Review of the Problem and What's New Journal Club

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New Mobile Friendly Front Page on Beta.vin.com!
The brand new mobile friendly front page at Beta.vin.com has a cleaner, more modern look.

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Book Review of the Week
Creating the Perfect Puppy
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Operation Wildlife

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 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.

Neonatal Wildlife Medicine
April 5 - May 13, 2016

The primary purpose of this course is to provide a basic understanding of the principles of care for neonatal North American wildlife. The course will include details on the common syndromes and diseases with which orphaned or abducted wildlife patients present to a clinic, the approach to triage, emergency treatment and monitoring of the wildlife patient, the most notable infectious and non-infectious diseases of wildlife, and the public health and legal implications of treating wildlife.

Oncology and Tumor Pathology II
April 5 - May 27, 2016

This course will familiarize participants with the current state of tumor diagnosis and prognosis as well as therapeutic interventions. This course will cover canine/feline histiocytic diseases, canine/feline soft tissue sarcomas, canine/feline osteosarcoma, canine melanomas, and canine/feline mammary tumors.

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:

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