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This center contains information on:

• diseases
• reproduction
• anesthesiology
• restraint
• diagnostics

and links to:

• drug formularies
• government resources
• journals and proceedings
• videos and slide shows
• other outside websites.

You'll find the Ruminants Specialty Center through the About Page of the Ruminants Message Board and the Specialty Centers section of the VIN Library.

Sharing the Love in Positively Positive Message Board Threads
Need a pick-me-up? Read these threads where VINners share their positive interactions with clients, patients, and colleagues.

Take a moment to stop by these threads in the Professional Motivators folder and share your happy experiences.

• Happy Veterinarians
• Positive Dear Client Letters
• Best Thing to Happen Today

Behind the Front Page Polls
Did you ever wonder how the Front Page Quick Polls got started or how topics are chosen?

Visit Behind the Front Page Polls to learn how the polls are generated, the pitfalls and pratfalls, and what your answers share with the community.

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

• Debate rages over anesthesia-free dentistry
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• Wrist pain: occupational hazard for veterinarians?
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Student-loan advising company head convicted of fraud
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Another review of AVMA COE nears
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving stories:
- How big a threat is leptospirosis to horses?
- Whither Zeuterin?

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VNS is your news service. Have an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering?
E-mail Reporters@vin.com.

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• E-tube Care (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• New USEF Vaccination Rules for Horses (revised)

VetzInsight

• Benadryl and Orange Fanta Make a Bitter Pill

Cheek Tooth Extraction Via a Minimally Invasive Transbuccal Approach and Intradental Screw Placement in 54 Equids
The minimally invasive transbuccal screw extraction technique offers an alternate for cheek tooth extraction in equids, where conventional oral extraction is not possible or has failed.

Thoracoscopic Lung Lobectomy for Primary Lung Tumors in 13 Dogs
Nine dogs with clean margins were matched with 9 dogs treated via thoracotomy. Mean (standard deviation) followup was 367 (327) days for dogs undergoing thoracoscopy and 603 (612) days for dogs undergoing thoracotomy. The 2-year survival rate was 44% for thoracoscopy and 56% for thoracotomy.

Evaluation of Pharyngeal Function in Dogs with Laryngeal Paralysis Before and After Unilateral Arytenoid Lateralization
Dogs with laryngeal paralysis not only have recurrent laryngeal nerve and pararecurrent laryngeal nerve dysfunction, but may also have concurrent cranial laryngeal nerve dysfunction.

Ranula Suspected In Dog With Acute Swelling Under Tongue
We usually make an incision and marsupialize a portion of this and it should go away. No need to remove...

Is Theophylline Indicated For Dyspnea In Dogs With Collapsing Trachea?
Even though the owner does not report daily coughing, the collapsing trachea is an extension of chronic bronchitis, and I would like to see the little guy on prednisone.

Respiratory Distress In A Kitten: Diagnosing And Treating Lungworm Infection
I would simply look at a bit of stool suspended in saline. If this is Aelurostrongylus abstrusus you will likely find it this way.

Vaccine Administration Frequency And Legal Responsibility To Owners
Veterinarians have always had flexibility in the use of vaccines. You have the freedom to base your protocols on the patient's actual risk. Of course, you must follow the label and law in regards to rabies vaccinations.

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

VIN/VSPN Rounds
Sunday, April 24 - 9 p.m. ET
(Monday, April 25 - 1 a.m. GMT)
Join Lynn Hendrix, DVM, and Amir Shanan, DVM, for Dispelling Myths about Veterinary Hospice.
This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

VIN/VECCS Rounds
Monday, April 25 - 8 p.m. ET
(Tuesday, April 26 - Midnight GMT)
Join Soren Boysen, DVM, DACVECC, for IV Access: Peripheral Catheter Management, Central Lines, Emergency Venous Cut Downs, and IO Catheters.
This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

VIN/AAFP Rounds
Tuesday, April 26 - 8 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, April 27 - Midnight GMT)
Join Kelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP, for The Vomiting Cat: From Diet to Dexamethasone - Making Therapeutic Decisions.
This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, April 26 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, April 27 - 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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Want to See What You've Been Missing?
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• Demystifying Search Engine Optimization @ (R)
• Food Animal Practice Beyond James Herriot @ (R)
• Steroids & PEG for IVDD Journal Club
• Anesthesia Monitoring: What's Important? VIN/VSPN @ (R)

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Book Review of the Week
Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Zika Virus Health Information Resources

Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Strychnine Toxicosis
Canine
Feline
Explore the rest of Associate!

New Quick Poll:
(Look for it on the lower left side of the VIN Front Page.)
What are your feelings on small animal non-anesthetic dentistry (scaling +/- polishing +/- periodontal probing) without any anesthesia or sedation?

Visit the Archived Quick Polls page to participate in previous Quick Poll questions and view results.

What's your Diagnosis?
Zoonotic Case 172 - opened 4/18
Ophthalmology Fun 186 - opened 4/18
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 VIN will be attending. Be sure to stop by the Cyber Café and/or other VIN booths if you’re attending CVC Virginia Beach, European Congress of Veterinary Dentistry, ECVO, IAAAM, or AVA.

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

All You Need to Know About Fevers of Unknown Origin (FUO)
May 11 - 28, 2016

Fever is a common finding in small animal general practice and can be caused by a variety of infectious, immune-mediated, and neoplastic diseases. Since there are many different causes, a rational diagnostic approach is needed to get an accurate diagnosis and formulate the optimum treatment plan. Case examples utilizing radiographs, ultrasound images, and cytology will be discussed to help the participant learn how to best diagnose and treat patients with fever of unknown origin.

Clinical Concepts in Collecting and Evaluating Blood Smears and Bone Marrow Aspirates
September 8 - October 30, 2016

This course offers veterinarians a unique perspective on blood smears and bone marrow aspirates from both an internist and a clinical pathologist teaching in tandem.

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