As in years past, Paul will show off a few new VIN features and tricks to help you make the most of your VIN membership.

• Date: Saturday - June 2, 2012
• Time: 6:30 to 7:50 a.m.
• Room: Hilton New Orleans Riverside - Third Floor - Belle Chasse room

Paul and the VIN staff look forward to getting to know you and learning how to improve your VIN experience! Please RSVP by completing this brief questionnaire.

Remember, the 2011 ACVIM Proceedings are available in the VIN Library!
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COMMUNITY ALERT: Planned VIN Maintenance
This Thursday, May 17 VIN, VSPN and other VIN-hosted communities will be unavailable for one hour at the following times:

• 11 p.m. - Midnight PT (Wednesday 5/16)
• 2-3 a.m. EDT (Thursday 5/17)
• 6-7 a.m. GMT (Thursday 5/17)
• Late afternoon in Australasia (Thursday 5/17)

During these times, the VIN Wizards (Geeks) will deploy software with the latest updates to the VIN web servers. The process will have been a success if you don't notice anything different. If you do notice a problem, please help by letting the VIN Wizards (Geeks) know:

• Email Feedback@VIN.COM
• Or call us at 800-700-4636 or 530-756-4881
• Or email Paul at Paul@VIN.COM
• Or call Paul at 530-757-6881

Thanks for your understanding and thanks for using VIN!

New Study:

• Certifect-associated Pemphigus Foliaceus-like Reactions
  Researchers recently reported autoimmune pemphigus foliaceus (PF) in dogs in response to a topical amitraz-metaflumizone flea and tick control product (Promeris Duo, Pfizer). Dr. Thierry Olivry of the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking cases of suspected autoimmune reactions occuring at the site of another concentrated amitraz-containing product (Certifect, Merial).

Check the clinical trials page to see if any of the ongoing trials might make new or novel therapies available for your patients.

If you would like to add your clinical trial or research project, please complete this survey or contact mrishniw@vin.com.

Use the 'Show Me How' Video Library to get the Most From Your Membership!
With so much information and so many tools to choose from, none of us knows everything there is to know about VIN.

The Show Me How Videos showcase the features and functions VINners use and enjoy most.

New VINners will appreciate the "jump start" and long-time VINners are guaranteed to learn a few new tricks to help get the most out of your VIN membership.

Find these How-to Movies and many more in the Show Me How Video Library :

• Main Navigation Bar
• MyActivities
• Reply vs. Reply to All
• Post Multiple Images
• Presenter Tutorial
• Search Tips
• Cross Posting
• Using the VIN Message Boards
• Getting Around on VIN
• How to Search on VIN
• How to Use VIN (the whole shebang)

For those of you who learn better with a little personal guidance, email to Nate@vin.com or contact membership services at VINgram@vin.com to enroll in the LIVE 'How To Use VIN' sessions, which take place on the first three Wednesdays of each month at 9:30 p.m ET.

Also, don't miss the 'How To' front page for more great tips and tutorials. You can find the 'How To Use VIN' page from the Vindex (Ctrl + E from any VIN page) menu on the VIN front page.

'Add to MyStuff' for Mobile Now on Beta.vin.com!
With Mobile MyStuff you can access your MyStuff on the go from almost anywhere! Go to your most frequently used document or function with a single click.

Now you can add links to your MyStuff with your mobile device also.

The new Add to MyStuff for Mobile makes it easy to save quick links to your favorite VIN documents and features while you're on the go.

Click on the red heart on the page you want to save, give your link a new title, or keep the one that pops up, and then click the Save button.

Your link will be automatically added to your Main MyStuff folder, but you can move it to any folder you choose the next time you log in to VIN with your desktop or laptop.

Note: Make sure that pop ups are NOT blocked on your non flash mobile device.

To turn off pop up blocking on your iPad:

1. Select Settings
2. Select Safari
3. Select Off for Block Pop-ups

Is there an app for that?

Not exactly, but you'll think there is.

VINners are on the move and the VIN Wizards are working hard to make all VIN features mobile friendly.

Now it's easier to access VIN from your mobile device while on the go. Click here to see how to add VIN to your mobile device.

Or just point your mobile device's browser to http://BETA.vin.com/mobile (https://www.vin.com/mobile works too :)

Try it, you'll like it!

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK and discuss;
News reported for YOU...

• "A Veterinarian's Trip Through the Gray Market"
  Part 2 - Golden-ticket scheme delivers prized information
  Public | VIN | Discussion
  Part 1 - Veterinarian investigates illicit diversion of flea products
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Veterinarians ponder ideal number of daily appointments
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving stories
* Cisapride off market?
* DEA rules mystify, concern mobile practitioners
* EPA pursues labeling changes on pet spot-on products
* The latest on new graduates and the job market

Be a VIN newshound:
VNS is here to give YOU a voice and report news that is important to YOU. Got an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering? Post it on the boards or email News@vin.com.

The VIN News Service (without access to the community discussions) is 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
Share these with your clients!

• Air Travel with your Pets (revised)
• Mixing Plants and Pets

Texas Farm Radio

• Pigeon Fever

ANIMALicious

• Uncharted Waters: Life and Death in ICU

Retrospective study of the prevalence of postanaesthetic hypothermia in cats
The variables associated with a decrease in the temperature recorded at the end of anaesthesia were the duration of anaesthesia, the reason for anaesthesia (abdominal and orthopaedic surgeries significantly reduced the temperature when compared with minor procedures) and the anaesthetic risk (high-risk cats showed lower temperatures than low-risk cats).

Seasonal variation in the hip score of dogs as assessed by the New Zealand Veterinary Association hip dysplasia scheme
Being born in the autumn was associated with a protective effect on hip phenotype in some breeds. These results suggest that weather and/or another seasonal factor may have a significant environmental effect on the phenotype of the coxofemoral joint.

Opinions on the usefulness of adipose-derived stem cell treatment
I have done a few procedures (Medi-vet) and feel it helps SOME things - definitely not a cure-all. Does seem to have some potential. I only use it for degenerative arthritic cases (for a few of my clients who have lots of money - which is the exception).

Differentials and diagnostic recommendations for severe respiratory signs in shelter dogs
I'm looking for suggestions on the cheapest way to try and figure out how to get a definitive diagnosis on these animals so we know how to clear up the problem at the shelter.

Difficult dental extractions: decision making, client communication, and balancing patient needs with the ethic of do no harm
I understand why people ask for help on how to do these procedures. You were probably taught nothing about dental/oral surgery at school and since getting out into the real world, it has been the blind leading the blind.

How to Use VIN: Part 3
Wednesday, May 16, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Thursday, May 17, 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.

Acupuncture Journal Club
Sunday, May 20, 9 p.m. EDT
(Monday, May 21, 1 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Rachael E. Carpenter, DVM, to discuss:
Wilson DV, Lankenau C, Berney CE, Peroni DL, et al. The effects of a single acupuncture treatment in horses with severe recurrent airway obstruction. Equine Vet J. September 2004;36(6):489-94.
* This session is all text.

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, May 20, 10 p.m. EDT
(Sunday, May 21, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Dick Headley, DVM, for Dealing with Surgical Pain, Before and after the Fact.
* This session is all text.

Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions

Want to See What You've Been Missing?

• Morbidity & Mortality Rounds - Interim
• Feline-Friendly Nursing - Interim
• Canine Hyperadrenocorticism Simulator @
• Oseltamivir for Parvo Treatment
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Preparing for Emergencies VECCS
• Medially Luxating Patellae @
• Festival of Whimsy: ER Cases @

Download VINCasts
Too busy to read past Rounds sessions? Download VINCasts to your MP3 player and listen on the go. Rounds available as VINCasts are marked with an @.

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.

Don't Rewrite! Recover! (with Message Board Drafts)
Time is money! Saving your drafts when posting on the message boards will help you avoid wasting time rewriting lost posts and the best part is... you don't even have to remember to save it yourself!

The message boards will automatically save it for you every 60 seconds, so even if you get called away to an emergency in the middle of posting... no worries! You can come back later and pick up right where you left off.

To find your draft if you were posting a new discussion:
1. Click the Post New button.
2. Click the Open Drafts button.
3. Click to highlight the draft you want from the list on the left side.
4. Click the Select Draft button.
5. Continue composing your post as you normally would, and Post Message.

If you were replying to an existing discussion:
1. Navigate to the specific discussion thread.
2. Click the 'Reply' button
3. Click the Open Drafts button
(make sure the Replies tab is selected)
4. Click to highlight the draft you want from the list on the left side.
5. Click the Select Draft button.
6. Continue composing your post as you normally would, and Post Message.

Every VINner in practice is assigned a buddy from the VIN Representative team! Your buddy wants to help you learn the tips and tricks to get the most from your VIN membership.

You never need to feel lost or alone. Your buddy can help you navigate VIN like a pro, find the information you're looking for and personlize your VIN experience to fit your needs.

Don't remember who YOUR VIN buddy is? Email VINgram@vin.com and they'll be happy to remind you and let your buddy know you want to get re-introduced.

Not in practice? Don't have a buddy and need help? Email Feedback@vin.com and help will soon be on the way -- you might even find you suddenly have a new pal!
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Need Help?
If you ever feel lost trying to find your way around on VIN or overwhelmed by all there is to see and do, help is a click, email or phone call away!

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
Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 4th Edition
Buy it in the VIN Bookstore.
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
FDA Alerts

eVetSites Tip of the Week
Get Started: Orientation Sessions

What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Pathology Case 95 - Opened 4/23
Zoonosis Case 119 - Opened 5/7
Dental Case 89 - Opened 5/5

New Proceedings
Find the WSAVA/FECAVA/BSAVA World Congress 2012 Proceedings in the Proceedings section of the VIN Library and in 15 Specialty Centers.

Associate - Updated and New
Salmonellosis (canine, feline)
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: AVA, ACVIM, ISFM, EVECCS, ACVS Science Week, and PVC.

Plus what, exactly?
For some sick reason I've always had to laugh at the "Fatal Plus" brand of euthanasia solution. I want to do an advertising campaign for them: "Fatal Plus--- when 'Fatal' just isn't good enough....."

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

IVAPM Pain Management Core Review
June 10 - August 15, 2012

This course is a comprehensive review of the most contemporary concepts of pain management in dogs and cats, from neurobiology to neuropharmacology to physical modalities, and "pulling it all together" in applications across a broad spectrum of clinical presentations.’

Behavior Business - Make it your Business
June 13 - July 7, 2012

This course is designed to help you learn how to incorporate behavior services into your general practice and make it profitable, while improving the welfare of your patients.

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Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what's on the schedule.