VIN Community Breakfast at ACVIM
The ACVIM Forum is just around the corner! Stop by the VIN community breakfast on Saturday, June 7 to meet some fellow VINners, including several of your favorite VIN Consultants, Associate Editors, and Reps. As in years past, Paul will show off a few new VIN features and tricks to help you get more from VIN, and you'll have a chance to share your ideas on how we can improve VIN and the VIN Community. - Date: Saturday - June 7, 2014
- Time: 6:30 to 7:50 AM
- Location: Gaylord Opryland Convention Center; Level 0; Ryman PQR (MAP)
Planning to attend? If you haven't done so already, please take a moment to RSVP.
Introducing the New VINx Information Message Board Folder!
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- PetSites client gateways
- VINx Postcard Reminders
Go to the VINx Information folder to learn all about VINx. You can also let us know what other features and services you’d like to see from VINx. Your feedback is important, so please let us know what you think! And don't forget to Like us on Facebook!
VIN is Colleagues Helping Colleagues
If you have experience and knowledge that can help your fellow VINners with cases, practice management, and life, speak up! We're all in this together, and we learn from each other. VIN isn't a "you pays your dues and you gets an instant answer" world. VIN is VINners -- members, VIN Reps, Associate Editors, and Consultants -- helping each other with their cases and their lives. Some tips to help you get started: Welcome to VIN! ;-)
NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK, reported for YOU...
Evolving stories: Be a VIN newshound:
The VIN News Service (VNS) is here to give you a voice and to report news that is important to you. Have an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering? Email News@vin.com. The VIN News Service articles (without access to the community discussions) are available to the general public. Share news.vin.com with nonVINners. Follow VNS on Twitter! Send a Twitter request to receive VNS Tweets.
New and Revised Articles to Share With
Your Clients! Veterinary Partner Texas Farm Radio
Herniation of the small intestine through the femoral canal after castration in a 3-year-old Thoroughbred
Shortly after the eviscerated small intestine was repositioned in the abdomen, the horse showed signs of colic and at the second surgery a 4.5m jejunal loop was found incarcerated in the femoral canal. After resection and anastomosis, the femoral canal was obliterated using large moistened gauze sponges. The horse made a complete recovery and returned to race training.
A randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of autologous platelet therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis in dogs
For dogs that received platelet injections, lameness scores (55% decrease in median score), pain scores (53% decrease in median score), and PVF (12% increase in mean PVF) were significantly improved after 12 weeks, compared with pretreatment values.
Prevalence of uveal cysts and pigmentary uveitis in Golden Retrievers in three Midwestern states
Prevalences of uveal cysts (34.3%) and pigmentary uveitis (PU) (5.5%) in the examined Golden Retrievers were both higher than prevalences reported previously (5.4% for uveal cysts and 1.5% for PU) in the Canine Eye Registry Foundation's 2009 All-Breeds Report. Study findings have indicated that PU is not a rare condition and should be considered as a differential diagnosis for Golden Retrievers with ocular disease.
Elanco Animal Health Has Accused Me Of Drug Diversion
I don't message often, but Elanco has pushed me over the edge. We sell Trifexis and Comfortis at our two locations. I have 4 doctors between the two locations and we are pretty busy. I purchased 60 cartons of these products during November and December of 2013 to take advantage of free goods, delayed billing and a rebate. Elanco has decided that we purchased too much product in the year of 2013. I have been placed on their do not sell list.
We Have Been Seeing More Cases Of Feline Infectious Peritonitis: Is It Increased Prevalence Or Just A Coincidence?
While it doesn't happen often, it's not unexpected to have multiple cases in a litter of purebred cattery kittens. This probably relates to their shared genetics and sensitivity of their macrophages to infection with pathogenic coronavirus.
Dog Was Presented For Ovariohysterectomy By Boarding Kennel Staff And Owner Could Not Be Contacted: Should Dog Have Been Spayed?
Better to be yelled at for doing nothing wrong, than to be yelled at for something bad actually happening.
How Should I Deal With A New Charity That Traps Cats, Owned Or Not, And Wants Spays/Neuters?
I think that if our closest shelter won't deal with her, that will be answer enough for me in regard to dealing with her.
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Feeling discouraged
"I guess I am really bothered by the fact that sometimes people are going to be unhappy and while I have always known I can't make everyone happy, it bothers me now more than ever now that I am a practice owner and our reputation and everyone's livelihood is on the line."
 Book Review of the Week
A Veterinary Technicians Guide to Exotic Animal Care, Second Edition
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From the VIN Foundation
New Graduate Survival Manual
From the VIN Library
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis - By Dr. Linda Shell
Website of the Week
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
New Time-Bites from the American Veterinary Medical History Society
*The Historic Auzoux Horse: A Revolutionary Anatomic Teaching Aid
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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, EVECCS, and ISFM.
Knock on exam room doors?
"I just read an article by Mary Ann Van Linde that recommends knocking on the exam room door. I don't currently do this, but it seems like a good idea. I will probably start in our cat room, but do you folks knock on exam room doors with dogs in the room? I worry this may get some dogs barking at the very least, and maybe even put them in "protection mode" like at home when strangers come to the door. Any thoughts?"
NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register, and find more upcoming CE.
Understanding Hospice and Palliative Care
May 26 - June 19, 2014 This course is designed to help veterinarians and veterinary staff understand the hospice philosophy and how it has become an important part of today's health care system. Course attendees will learn different service models, various definitions of care, current trends, and what the future holds for animal hospice. Systems C: Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review
June 19 - August 24, 2014 An overview of small animal small animal reproduction, fluids/electrolytes/acid-base, urology, nephrology and endocrine body systems. It builds upon the foundations of pathophysiology and medicine provided in the Pathologic Basis of Disease and the Principles of Medicine courses, using concepts and disease examples specific to the various body systems. Get detailed help on How to Enroll in a VIN CE Course. 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: - Tues. afternoons 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
- Weds. evenings 10:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET
- Thurs. evenings 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET
For more information on CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists, or practice managers, visit the VSPN Course Catalog. VSPN offers courses tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VSPN members. Follow VIN CE and VSPN on Twitter! Click the "Send request" button to prompt the (VIN / VSPN) crews to accept you as a follower. Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what's on the schedule.
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