Take Saturday night off and come back on Sunday at 9:30 p.m. EDT to join Margaret Morley, CVT, for Human Medication Toxicities: Part 2.

Use the Rounds link in the main navigation bar to join the discussions.

Invite your staff to attend both sessions via www.VSPN.org

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 Surgery-Orthopedic Center can be reached through the About Page for the Orthopedics Message Board folder and the Specialty Centers page in the VIN Library.

"I am a Pig, and as a Pig, I Have Always Stood out." ~ Miss Piggy
Though still popular pets, pot bellied pigs are not always popular patients. Never fear! The updated Pot Bellied Pig Manual is here to save you with practical and valuable information and tips to help veterinarians improve their knowledge, diagnostics, and therapeutic practices for these unique pets.

This publication began as a compilation of the cases of over 3000 pot bellied pigs treated by clinicians at the University of California's Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) and has been updated to include information on diseases common in both pet pigs and commercial swine.

Interactive Survey Results Viewer
Participating in surveys is a great way to help your VIN community, but do you ever wonder what your colleagues have to say?

The VIN Survey Viewer on Beta.vin.com lets you view and evaluate survey results in ways beyond those provided in the write-up done by the VIN survey team.

The Survey Viewer allows you to:

• Access ONLY surveys you have taken.
• See results in textual or graphical views.
• Remind you of your own answer with one click.

Let us know what you think!

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

If you want to be on the "bleeding edge," make Beta.vin.com your VIN Homepage.

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

• Hospital chain headhunts for talent among veterinary practice staff
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• 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!

• Airborne Allergies (revised)
• Safe on the Fourth of July

Texas Farm Radio

• Equine Hoof Care

ANIMALicious

• Why ‘The Miracle of Life’ may not be the Best at-home Science Project

Identification of parvovirus in the bone marrow of eight cats
OBJECTIVE: To determine if canine parvovirus (CPV) or feline panleucopenia virus (FPV) genomic sequences are present in adult feline bone marrow samples. DESIGN: Bone marrow samples were obtained from 32 semi-feral cats that were euthanased at an animal shelter.

Nigropallidal encephalomalacia in horses grazing Rhaponticum repens (creeping napweed)
Nigropallidal encephalomalacia was diagnosed in two horses in northern Victoria that had a history of long-term pasture access to a dense growth of Rhaponticum repens. The region in which the affected horses lived had received well above average rainfall for several months preceding the poisoning.

Failure to acknowledge high suicide risk among veterinarians
It is of concern that veterinarians not only have a higher risk of suicide but that they also have fewer support structures. The wide discrepancies between the published risk of suicide for veterinarians and their own views of their risk suggests an inadequate awareness of their own mental health vulnerability which could put them at higher risk.

Electronic collars vs. Reward based positive training for dogs; the distinction between training for pets and working or competition dogs
There are many reasons to reach for reward-based vs. punishment-based or confrontational training styles. For the sake of our clients and patients, there is a welfare consideration. Is it humane to punish in the name of training basic skills?

Kitten with respiratory signs and progressive severe dermatitis: workup suggestions; consider sebaceous gland dysplasia
This cat is a disaster and this owner needs to get out of the way of a diagnosis. The skin almost looks like sebaceous gland dysplasia.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy case in California
All forms of BSE are prion diseases, which result when a normal brain protein called PrP twists into a different shape and then converts other normal copies of the protein into the disease-causing form. Such diseases strike many different animals, including sheep, deer, elk, and humans. In atypical forms of BSE, the PrP protein probably folds into slightly different shapes compared with the ones caused by eating contaminated feed.

Treatment recommendations for post-arrest encephalopathy in a young dog
Is there any hope that this may have a good outcome?

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.
Invite your staff to attend via www.VSPN.org

Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, July 10, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Wednesday, July 11, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Come spend some time chatting with your colleagues!

How to Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, July 11, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Thursday, July 12, 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
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions

Want to See What You've Been Missing?

• Blood Glucose Curves: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
• Feline Updates from ACVIM 2012 @
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• Cochrane Reports & Wrapup
• Regenerative Therapies for Musculoskeletal Injuries @

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.

Got Staff?
The Veterinary Support Personnel Network was created specifically for your technicians, practice managers and other staff members to have access to their own message boards, chats and CE. Have your staff go to www.vspn.org to register! It's free!

The VINDEX contains links to the most used and useful (or hard to find) VIN features.

The VINDEX is located on the upper right side of the Front Page, just below the navigation bar. This handy tool can help you find many of the most popular VIN features. If you really want to see the magic, from any page on VIN hold down your Ctrl button and push the “E” on your keyboard (Ctrl+E). So the next time you are looking for the VIN Bookstore or the calculator you used a few weeks ago, use the VINDEX.

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
Atlas of Normal Radiographic Anatomy & Anatomic Variants in the Dog and Cat
Buy this book in the 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 121 - Opened 7/2
Pathology Case 98 - Opened 6/19

Associate - Updated and New
Feline Immunodeficiency (FIV)
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, VMA, AVMA, and AAV.

Are you sure it doesn't apply?
Dear Cats, I don't understand this new obsession of yours - catching crickets and grasshoppers and pulling off ONE leg and leaving it to die, but I understand you are a cat and this must be a new cat thing. HOWEVER - please leave your victims OUTSIDE. I'm pretty sure that the "three legs and a spare" mantra does not apply to arthropods, and in any event, I'm not an exotics vet. Love and kisses, Your Mom

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

Introduction to Camelid and Small Ruminant Reproduction
July 29 - August 22, 2012

This introductory level course is designed for veterinarians interested in adding a Small Ruminant/Camelid reproductive medicine component to their practice.

Small Rodent Review
September 5 - October 13, 2012

This course is intended to provide an overview of basic husbandry, medicine, and common disease presentations by species in order to allow veterinary staff to feel more comfortable with basic rodent diagnosis and treatment. Clinical symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and current considerations for prevention will be covered.

Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases: Remembering the Zebras
September 26 - November 17, 2012

This basic course will be open to veterinarians with an interest in major exotic and emerging animal diseases.

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