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“For it is in giving that we receive"
...St. Francis of Assisi
It takes a special breed of veterinarian to devote their career to caring for animals in shelters and other protective services. Whether you’re a shelter vet or you're simply asked to examine a rescue or shelter animals on occasion, the new Shelter Medicine Center has resources that will come to your rescue. Find information on animal care and husbandry, recognition and treatment of diseases and management/personnel issues. Legal and regulatory issues, spay/neuter programs, nonprofit organizations and many other topics are also addressed. The Shelter Medicine Center can be reached through the Specialty Centers section of the VIN Library and the About Page of the Shelter Medicine message board.
Don't Let Fleas (or Flea Product Choices) Bug You!
VIN Consultants Mark Grossman, DVM MS and Carol Foil, MS DVM DACVD have organized a chart of EPA and FDA Flea Products to help you and your staff make sense of the plethora of products. Print a copy and keep dosages, patient notes, clinical effects and mechanisms of action at your fingertips. Join the message board discussion to share your thoughts and give your feedback/suggestions!
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Texas Farm Radio
Trichinella diagnostics and control: Mandatory and best practices for ensuring food safety
This review article describes the biology and epidemiology of Trichinella, and describes recommended test methods as well as modified and optimized procedures that are used in meat inspection.
Correlation of plasma insulin concentration with laminitis score in a field study of equine cushing's disease and equine metabolic syndrome
Plasma or serum insulin concentrations are able to provide important information to the practitioner regarding prediction of laminitis in susceptible horses.
A neurologic perspective of equine stereotypy
Equine stereotypy appears to be an inherent condition of the domestic horse; paleontologic evidence suggests that horses have been crib-biting since their domestication in the late Paleolithic (15-30,000 years ago), and these behaviors have been discussed for nearly 400 years (the first written record appeared in 1609).
Veterinarians and the red flags rule
I don't really care how "easy" the AVMA has made it, I'm a solo practitioner, and I don't have time for this kind of crap. We try to protect what we have already. The written plan, etc, is a colossal waste of time. My biggest concern, that I cannot get a straight answer from anyone on, is how long I must keep "my" copy of a credit card sales slip before I can destroy it. I've been told anywhere from 5 years to 30 days. These slips laying around are the single biggest threat to anyone, with the CC numbers and signatures on them. The new systems don't print the whole number, but I still have slips from the old system. Can I please burn them now?
*Related VNS article
Understanding sensitivity and specificity
I think there is also a lot of confusion between limits of detection and the sensitivity of various assays (particularly PCR). They are not the same when you apply them to testing populations for disease, infectious agents etc.
Should technicians be pushing wellness panels and prescription diets prior to examination by veterinarian?
The practice owner has engaged a consultant to improve the practice. The technicians are now required to sell both prescription diets and wellness panels even before I enter the exam room.
Spontaneous craniodorsal hip luxation in a dog
Has anyone seen a spontaneous luxation of a pretty normal looking hip? On a search, I read about one happening after a splayed leg incident, but that was a ventral luxation.
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, May 24, 10 p.m. EDT
(Monday, May 25, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
It's time for another Veterinary Quiz Challenge.
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Funny Bones
Talking to kids about vet med
"But the real hit was when I told them that the puppy who ate the bottle cap was very unhappy when he came in, but was bouncing off the walls by the time he left. Apparently that is hilarious."
What's Your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
* Zoonosis Case 18
Book Review of the Week
Functional Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals, Fourth Edition
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Idiopathic hypercalcemia in cats
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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 Web sites! Links to information about upcoming conferences include: ACVIM, EVECCS, SEVC, PVC, and ESFM
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Lions and Tigers and Servals, Oh My: Basic Medicine and Husbandry of Non-Domestic Cats
June 7 - September 6, 2009 This 2-week course will describe basic husbandry, nutrition, hand-rearing, enrichment and housing for large and small exotic cats, from servals to lions. Vaccination protocols, common (and not-so-common) medical problems, common dental problems, anesthesia and diagnostics for large and small non-domestic cats will be discussed. Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Part II
October 4 - December 20, 2009 Participants will study personnel specifications, job descriptions, training records and employee appraisals, learn about audits in the veterinary clinical pathology laboratory and determination of reference intervals. Improvement Opportunities, external Quality Assurance performance and a Quality Plan for the laboratory are the final topics in Part II. *NOTE: Part I is a prerequisite for Part II. For information on other CE courses, check out the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page. Please visit How-To's Of Online CE for details about how to register and participate in online CE courses.
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