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These Diabetes Resources are Pretty Sweet
The bad news is your patient has diabetes. The good news is, VIN can help you and your client manage the disease. Here are some of the resources you'll find in the VIN library:

• Endocrinology Specialty Center
• Home Testing of Blood Glucose for Diabetic Cats
• VetzInsight: Doctor, You Aren’t Listening to Me... What if I Do Nothing?
• VetzInsight: Gotta Get those Annual Exams
• Associate Chapters:
  Canine Diabetes Mellitus
  Feline Diabetes Mellitus
• Proceedings (ACVIM 2016): Evidence-Based Insulin Therapy in Dogs and Cats
• Proceedings (AAFP 2014): Nutritional Management of Endocrine Disease in Cats
• Rounds: Managing the Feline Diabetic: Picking a Protocol

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

• California lawmaker proposes tax break on veterinary bills
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• Marketer of generic heartworm drug for dogs promises stable supply
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Legislation aims to lift tax on Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
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Evolving stories:
- California changes rules on drug compounding
- Is Immune IQ allergy test legitimate or bogus?

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Guinea Pigs (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• Cobalt Use in Performance Horses

VetzInsight

• Parrot Phones and Pet Profiles: Keeping in Touch with your Veterinarian

Food puzzles for cats: Feeding for physical and emotional wellbeing
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The effect of food puzzles on cats is a relatively new area of study, so as well as reviewing the existing empirical evidence, we provide case studies from our veterinary and behavioral practices showing health and behavioral benefits resulting from their use.

Veterinary Forensic Toxicology
Forensic veterinary toxicology cases can include cases involving animal cruelty (malicious poisoning), regulatory issues (e.g., contamination of the food supply), insurance litigation, or poisoning of wildlife.

Investigation of cell-free DNA in canine plasma and its relation to disease
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DNA is released from dying cells during apoptosis and necrosis. This cell-free DNA (cfDNA) diffuses into the plasma where it can be measured. In humans, an increase in cfDNA correlates with disease severity and prognosis.

Steroid Preferences For Pruritic Dermatological Conditions
I've been using a lot more dexamethasone at a tenth the dose of pred or 0.1 mg/kg. I use this for 3-5 days straight, then go to 2-3 times a week because its duration is longer than pred.

Effects Of Marijuana On Rabbits
Some of the "marijuana eradication" team members in Georgia recently achieved notoriety by raiding a retiree's garden and seizing a number of okra plants.

Veterinary Dentistry Teaching Models: What Is Available Besides Cadaver Heads?
Years back, we were in on the development of the Columbia Dentoform models. Unfortunately, while very good, they are no substitute for the real thing. And 25 years later, I regrettably must report that we still have not found a good substitute.

Anorexic Cat With Mandibular Mass: Palliative Care Suggestions
With the oral methadone, cats generally take it well, but some will salivate at the taste. I have owners...

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VIN Rounds
Sunday, March 26 - 9 p.m. ET
(Monday, March 27 - 1 a.m. GMT)
Join Lauren V. Powers, DVM, DABVP (Avian, Exotic Companion Mammal), for When Good Birds get into Bad Things: Avian Toxicology.
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Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, March 28 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, March 29 - 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.

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I thought I had heard it all...
We recently had some new clients with a 14 year old intact male cat that was positive for FIV. I'll just leave it at "the cat was very sick". They asked us to save the fur from his clipping to draw blood and also for his abdominal U/S clipping because they have saved all his shed and brushed out fur for his entire life. They keep it in empty Parmesan cheese jars.

Website of the Week
Veterinary Ophthalmic Surgery Videos

Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Canine Cheyletiellosis (revised)
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What's your Diagnosis?
Zoonotic Case 178 - opened 3/20
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases

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 members of the VIN family will be attending. Be sure to stop by the Cyber Café and/or other VIN booths if you’re attending ICARE, AAHA, BSAVA, NAVDF, EVDS, ECVO, or IAAAM.

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
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Genetics, Epigenetics, and Stem Cells
March 29 - May 6, 2017
Presenters: Kathleen Cavanagh, BSc (Hons), DVM, MET; Jerold S. Bell, DVM; Jennifer G. Barrett, DVM, PhD, DACVS; Michael Golding, BSc, PhD

Genetics, epigenetics, stem cells -- these are all rapidly evolving areas of biotech science that sometime seem magical because of the pace of innovation. We will provide practical updates that can impact the way you practice veterinary medicine, both now, and moving forward! Though epigenetics is still "in the incubator", developments here are expected to revolutionize medicine (development, pharmacology, nutrition, and individualized patient care).

OSHA & Practice Safety 2017
April 10 - July 6, 2017
Presenter(s): Phil Seibert, CVT

This course is designed for the practice owner, manager, or administrator who desires to understand OSHA's Standards as well as practical ways to implement them in a veterinary practice. We attempt to avoid debating the merits of any particular requirement and focus on how to achieve compliance! This course will cover ALL aspects of a hospital safety program, not just the Hazard Communication Standard. The participants will be provided with many downloadable resources, including the actual text versions of applicable standards.

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