The Clinical Nutrition Specialty Center incorporates information from all over VIN and from outside websites on a variety of nutritional subjects. These resources include:

• 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.

So Many Drugs – So Little Time!
Remember the days when you had five antibiotics and two NSAIDs to choose from? How different the situation is today – when new drugs and products are released almost monthly and the nuances of polypharmacy make prescribing a challenge for individual patients. When you’re confused or looking for information on various therapeutic agents, consider visiting the Clinical Pharmacology Specialty Center.

The Clinical Pharmacology Center contains sections on Drug FAQs, Controlled Drugs, FDA-NIH-USDA Drug Resources, and News about Drug Releases. One section houses all of the links to VIN’s various drug formularies in one convenient location. Links to related Journals and Proceedings, helpful websites, and Client Handouts can also be found in the Center.

The Clinical Pharmacology Specialty Center can be reached through the About Page for the Clinical Pharmacology Message Board and the Specialty Centers section of the VIN Library.

Your Recalculating Days are Over!
Save calculations you've performed using the VIN suite of calculators and attach them to patient records for future reference using the new MyCalculations tool.

You'll find MyCalculations located under the 'Stuff' menu in your MyVIN and in the VIN Library.

Keep an eye on this section of VIN This Week to learn about the latest toys on Beta.vin.com.

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

• Accreditation body questions pharmacies on veterinary drug suppliers
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Colorado wildfire livestock refugees treated for free
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Duluth veterinarian corrals zoo animals during flood
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Pfizer-Zoetis transition shouldn't impact veterinarians, industry expert says
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Veterinarians say pharmacists change prescriptions without asking
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• What (not) to wear to a veterinary interview
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving stories
* Sneakers Software, owner of DVMAX, files bankruptcy

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!
New and Revised Articles to Share
With Your Clients!

• Demodectic Mange (revised)
• Help your Pets Get Along

Texas Farm Radio

• Shock Wave Treatment of Leg Wounds (revised)

ANIMALicious

• Antibiotics: Harnessing the Power of... Mold???

Interaction of clarithromycin with cyclosporine in cats: pharmacokinetic study and case report
Clarithromycin (CLM) has been known to increase the cyclosporine (CsA) trough levels in human transplant patients. However, the interaction of CLM with CsA has not been reported in cats. In this study, the effects of oral dosing of CLM on the pharmacokinetics and dosing of CsA in cats were investigated.

Familial subvalvular aortic stenosis in golden retrievers: inheritance and echocardiographic findings
Subvalvular aortic stenosis in the golden retriever is familial. Severity of stenosis correlates well with cumulative presence of echocardiographic characteristics (left ventricular hypertrophy, subvalvular ridge and aortic insufficiency).

Criterion-referenced evaluation of day one clinical competencies of veterinary students: VOLES-the VMTH (Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital) online evaluation system
This article describes an extensive online criterion-referenced evaluation system for the assessment of veterinary students' achievement during their final year's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (or equivalent) clinical education. Data are reported for the 2001 to 2009 University of California at Davis veterinary graduates, for a total of more than 1,100 students.

Fireflies are toxic to lizards; clinical signs of lucibufagin toxicosis in bearded dragons
These bearded dragons had been placed outside the morning and afternoon of the day of presentation. They were presented in the evening to my colleague, and they appeared practically dead: black beards, non-responsive to stimuli, and no movement at all except slow breathing.

Selecting diets for food allergy diet trials in dogs
I don't know that there is a statistical probability that a dog or cat is more or less likely to react to a hydrolyzed protein than a novel protein -- it all depends on the animal's hypersensitivity pattern and the state of its immune system. Some animals allergic to chicken and soy react to those proteins in hydrolyzed form. (Something like 20% of those animals, according to studies.)

Dog with episodes of collapse and tachycardia was diagnosed with cardiac lymphosarcoma
Certainly this growing neoplasm could have disrupted myocardial function and led to the terminal arrhythmia.

Work up suggestions for a bleeding German shepherd puppy
Severe bleeding from loss of deciduous teeth is a big red flag for hemostatic defects.

VIN/VSPN Rounds
Friday, July 6, 10 p.m. EDT
(Saturday, July 7, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Oriana D. Scislowicz, BS, LVT, for VSPN Notebook Rounds: Alternative Medicine

VIN/VSPN Rounds
Sunday, July 8, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Monday, July 9, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Margaret Morley, CVT, for Human Medication Toxicities: Part 2

Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock
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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 @.

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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.

Attended from the comfort and convenience of your own home or office, VIN continual education courses are unlike any CE you've ever experienced.

New to VIN CE and a little nervous? Now you can learn the dos and don'ts of participating in VIN CE by attending any one of the three practice sessions offered each week. Just pick a session that is convenient for you to get up to speed.

Please visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog for information on current courses.

Need Help?
If you ever feel lost or overwhelmed by all there is to see and do on VIN, 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.

View conference, meeting, and symposium proceedings in the VIN Library.
Browse by conference name or by year or check out the archives of meetings from 1999 and earlier.

Recently Added:

• 2011 and 2012 Companion Animal Behaviour Therapy Study Group (CABTSG)
• 2011 International Association of Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Conference
• ACVB-AVSAB Scientific Paper and Poster Session 2011
• American Board of Veterinary Practitioners Symposium 2012

Book Review of the Week
Cardiovascular Disease in Small Animal Medicine, 3rd ed.
Buy it in the VIN Bookstore.
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Fireworks Safety Tips
Focus on Fire Safety: Fireworks

eVetSites Tip of the Week
Editing your eVetsite's Google map listing with Google Places

What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Ophthalmology Case 147 - Opened 6/16
Zoonosis Case 120 - Opened 6/4
Pathology Case 98 - Opened 6/19

Show Me How Video
How to Use the VIN Navigation Bar

Associate - Updated and New
Elongated soft palate (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: ECVS and VMA.

Punny cat jokes
Did you hear about the cat who drank 5 bowls of water?
He set a new lap record.

Why don't cats play poker in the jungle?
Too many cheetahs.

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

Small Ruminant and Camelid Emergency Medicine
July 15 - August 7, 2012

This course is open to veterinarians with an interest in small ruminant and camelid emergency medicine.

Dermatology Update 2012
August 1 - September 1, 2012

This course will be a presentation of "hot topics" in dermatology with some fun and interesting case presentations.

Advanced Hematology
August 16 - October 14, 2012

The primary purpose of the course is to increase familiarity with blood cells, and apply this knowledge to specific conditions in hematology including unusual hereditary conditions, toxicities, changes associated with chemotherapy and immune-mediated hemolytic anemia. A review of pathophysiology is included to enable correlation between function and disease.

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For Your Staff:
Basic Medical Calculations
PM Focus Series: Career Development into Management
Reptile Hematology

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.

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