Join Ellen Behrend, VMD, PhD, DACVIM, and Andrew Corbett, BS, PhD, this Sunday night at 8 p.m. EDT for A Tour Through the Canine Hyperadrenocorticism Diagnostic Simulator.

*NOTE the early start time.
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Use the Rounds link in the main navigation bar to join the discussions.

If you can't attend, check the Rounds or Front Page of VIN, or next Tuesday's VIN This Week, for links to the transcript of the discussion.

The Clinical Nutrition Specialty Center incorporates resources from all over VIN and from outside websites on a variety of nutritional subjects such as:

• Pertinent lectures
• Notes
• Proceedings
• Rounds
• Slide shows
• Videos

The Websites section of the center includes links to helpful food and drug recall websites (like FDA and FARAD), appropriate journals, and product resources as well as direct links to various nutritional services and nutritional organizations. There's even a handy section full of Client Handouts!

Reach the Clinical Nutrition Specialty Center through the About Page for the Clinical Nutrition Message Board and the Specialty Centers section of the VIN Library.

About Those 'About This Folder' Pages
Did you know you can access some of your favorite links, consultant profiles and many other resources on the 'About this Folder' pages without having to go to the Message Boards to find them?

All of the 'About this Folder' pages are included on their own special page in the VIN Library.

This same 'About this Folder' page can be opened instantly from anywhere on VIN using the VINDEX. Just hit CTRL-E (Control and E keys at the same time) and choose "About This Folder Pages." Watch this tutorial in the Show Me How Video Library for a demonstration! Try it -- you'll like it!

If you have any suggestions please send them to Feedback@vin.com!

Good Things Come in 3s...
The third time is supposed to be a charm, right? Well, Search 3.0 is now the default search on Beta.vin.com.

• Narrow your results using categorized filters
• Add or remove filters
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Want to see how your results compare to Search 2.0? Click on the yellow box that says "Old Search 2.0" to compare your results.

Not ready for a change? Want to customize your options? Click "Change my Search Preferences" to turn 'Snippets' on or off or reset your default Search to 2.0.

Visual learner? Explore this video tutorial.

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NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK
and discuss.
News Reported for YOU...
Don't Miss the Upcoming Series
Starting May 8th:
"A Veterinarian's Trip Through the Gray Market"

• Challenges face proposal to create welfare specialty
  Public | VIN | Discussion |
  NEW - voice your opinion in the poll associated with this article
• Merial: PureVax for ferrets coming back this week
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Lawmakers kill legislation allowing lay dentistry
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• California veterinarians ready to testify against lay dentistry
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving stories
* EPA pursues labeling changes on pet spot-on products
* How to counsel aspiring veterinarians?
* The latest on new graduates and the job market

Be a VIN newshound:
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Share news.vin.com with nonVINners. The VIN News Service (without access to the community discussions) is now publicly available.

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New and Revised
Share these with your clients!

• Monitoring Glucose Regulation (revised)
• Safer Swimming

Texas Farm Radio

• Long Toes Related to Horse's Hip Pain

ANIMALicious

• Pleasantly Plump Pasture Pets

Myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs: Does size matter?
Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is the most commonly diagnosed cardiovascular disease in the dog accounting for more than 70% of all cardiovascular disease in dogs. As are most canine diseases with genetic underpinnings, risk of MMVD is greatly increased in a subset of breeds. What is uncommon is that the vast majority of the breeds at elevated risk for MMVD are small or toy breeds with average adult weights under 9 kg.

Toxic equine Parkinsonism: an immunohistochemical study of 10 horses with nigropallidal encephalomalacia
Chronic ingestion of yellow star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) or Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens) causes nigropallidal ncephalomalacia (NPE) in horses with an abrupt onset of neurologic signs characterized by dystonia of lips and tongue, inability to prehend food, depression, and locomotor deficits. The objectives of this study were to reexamine the pathologic alterations of NPE and to conduct an immunohistochemistry study...

Retrospective study of the prevalence of postanaesthetic hypothermia in cats
A retrospective study of 275 anaesthetic records of cats was undertaken to examine the prevalence of postanaesthetic hypothermia, its clinical predictors and consequences. Temperature was recorded throughout anaesthesia.

Pneumoperitoneum in asymptomatic cat: radiographs, possible causes, and results of exploratory laparotomy
No history of trauma or surgery. This X-ray was taken a week ago today and the cat is still doing fine. It has been on zithromax for the past 10 days for a URI. How could we get so much air in the abdomen and be fine? If it was from the GI tract, we should have a peritonitis right now. No trauma seen.

Dog with barbiturate poisoning from ingestion of carcass
Champ is an 11-year-old, M/N Border Collie mix who was fine last night but his owner did find him eating something that smelled rotten (possibly a deer leg). She took it away and he seemed fine when she went to bed though he did not come get in the bed with her like he usually does. This morning she found him unconscious on the chair and brought him in.

Treatment suggestions for a cat with oral ulcers
I've mentioned to the owner that the oral ulceration may not be from the burrs - it could be something else, but I gotta admit, it's pretty coincidental that the ulceration showed up right after the burrs were there.

Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, May 8, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Wednesday, May 9, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Drop by and discuss your day with some of your fellow VINners.

How to Use VIN: Part 2
Wednesday, May 9, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Thursday, May 10, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Learn how to get more out of your VIN experience.
Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock
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Download VINCasts
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If you've reserved time for some quiet reading, click the Rounds button on the VIN Main Navigation bar and read the transcripts of the last few Rounds. You can also browse the complete list of the last 300 Rounds transcripts or you can click on Rounds and Discussions in the VIN Library.

Rounds are also searchable via the Search button. Just remember to choose Rounds (under the Clinical Resources tab) as the "Source" in your search parameters.

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Click the movie camera icons or the Text or Video links near the upper right hand side of the page and enjoy the show.

Check out the full list of message board help videos here.

Colleagues working in the same practice qualify for group membership rates! Each practitioner enjoys the benefit of an individual account and personal login - maintaining preferences and professionalism - with the added convenience and savings of Group Membership billing.

Remember, there is no such thing as a VIN 'Hospital' membership where all colleagues use the same login. Every colleague at every hospital must have their own account/login, even if the billing is handled as a group membership within their hospital. (Check out this discussion on the VIN message boards about sharing login details.)

This FAQ will explain how group memberships work. If you still have questions contact membership services at vingram@vin.com, or call membership services at 1-800-700-4636 (toll free) or 1-530-756-4881 (locally) or 01 45 222 6154 in the UK.

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Click Help on the VIN Main Navigation bar on almost every page to begin exploring the new and improved VIN Help Center.

Meet the membership services team, find links to How-to videos, learn about Top Issues and Solutions, see What’s New on VIN and much more.

Book Review of the Week
Merck Veterinary Manual, 10th Edition
Buy it in the VIN Bookstore.
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Genes for Cowboys

eVetSites Tip of the Week
Embedding YouTube Videos in your eVetSite

What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Pathology Case 95 - Opened 4/23
Zoonosis Case 118 - Opened 4/23
Dental Case 87 - Opened 4/1

Associate - Updated and New
Atlantoaxial Malformation (canine)
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: IAAAM, AVA, ACVIM, ISFM, EVECCS, ACVS Science Week, and PVC.

You figure it out, honey
Opened the door to the laundry room area. Discovered that the rottie had finally killed the bunny living under the shed. And then eaten it. And then vomited part of it up. Made my way back to bed. Comment to my husband as I fell asleep, "Thanks for the heads up that there was a pile of rabbit parts in the back room!" His response? "Oh, that's what it is?! I left it there for you to identify because I couldn't figure out what she had eaten!"

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

Basic Necropsy Technique
June 7 - 24, 2012

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.

Avian and Exotic Necropsies
June 28 - July 15, 2012

This course is designed to familiarize the attendee with avian and exotic necropsy specifics, 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 an avian and exotic animal necropsy.

For CE opportunities for yourself, your veterinary technicians, receptionists, or practice managers, check out the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page.

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