We'd love to add what others have learned into a collection of Business Startup materials. If you'd like to contribute what you learned during your startup and life of your practice, email to Feedback@vin.com.

MyVIN: Your Personal VIN Assistant
Your MyVIN allows you to customize your VIN experience:

• Customize your message board and search 3.0 options
• Invite and welcome your MyColleagues
• Customize what information you make available to your colleagues vs other VINners
• Keep your contact information updated
• Create your message board signature
• Renew your VIN membership
• Change your password or secure ID number
• Search for and contact VIN colleagues
• and much more.

Think of your MyVIN as your own personal assistant for all things VIN.

MyVIN also includes your Password Vault
- the antidote for Password Hell!

No more remembering your username and password for each site. Password Vault will store this information for many of your journal subscriptions and organization memberships once they are entered.

If you have questions about your Password Vault or want to change any portion of your VIN log in details, contact the VIN membership team at 1-800-700-4636 or 1-530-756-4881 (outside North America), or email VINGRAM@vin.com.

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

Add links to your MyStuff with your mobile device also.

The 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

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

• Dog breed genetic tests put to the test
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Hospital chain headhunts for talent among veterinary practice staff
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• 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

Evolving stories
* FTC explores pet drug distribution issue
* VINners knit to support colleagues
* Sneakers Software, owner of DVMAX, files bankruptcy

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 Articles to Share With
Your Clients!

• Airborne Allergies (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• Equine Hoof Care

ANIMALicious

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

Risk factors for urate uroliths in cats
Findings of this study suggested that the typical cat with urate uroliths was a purebred neutered cat, 4 to 7 years old, with uroliths in the bladder or urethra. This information may be helpful in predicting mineral composition of uroliths in vivo. However, no conclusions can be made regarding cause-and-effect relationships.

Evaluation of a midazolam-ketamine-xylazine infusion for total intravenous anesthesia in horses
Horses underwent surgical manipulation and injection of the palmar digital nerves; duration of the infusion was 60 minutes.

Pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and adverse effects of selamectin following topical administration in flea-infested rabbits
Selamectin was rapidly absorbed transdermally and was rapidly eliminated in rabbits. Results suggested that topical administration at a dosage of 20 mg/kg every 7 days is efficacious for treatment of flea infestation in rabbits.

Husbandry for discus eggs and hatchlings
The first eggs the discus laid were eaten shortly after our discussion. A few days ago more were laid near where the first were. I watched them again, intrigued, but not really expecting much to happen. Last night however, they were hatching!

Dog's lower urinary tract signs persisted after oxalate urolith removal: consider reaction to suture material in bladder
What suture did you use and what closure did she have of the bladder? Suture granulomas do happen, particularly with PDS.

Did coffee cure this calf's patent ductus arteriosus?
This is a great story to share over wine and beer at the next gathering of colleagues ...

Injectable anesthetic induction protocol for cat neuters and declaws; importance of intravenous catheterization for anesthesia in dogs and cats
Let me share a horror story. This tough cat had survived a monster surgery and I figured a simple debride and suture didn't warrant a catheter ...

How to Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, June 11, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Thursday, June 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.

VIN/VECCS Rounds
Sunday, July 15, 8 p.m. EDT
(Monday, July 16, 12 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Daniel J. Fletcher, PhD, DVM, DACVECC, for Stayin' Alive: RECOVER What's New in CPR.

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

Want to See What You've Been Missing?

• Human Medication Toxicities: Part 2 INTERIM
• Blood Glucose Curves: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
• ACVIM Updates in Feline Medicine @
• Flamingos: Management & Medicine @
• Human Med Toxicities 1 @ VIN/VSPN
• 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.

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 and is a handy tool to help you find many of the most popular VIN features. But 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.

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 friend. :)

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
International Association of Animal Hospice and Palliative Care

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

Show-Me-How Video
How To Create A Desktop Shortcut To VIN

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: 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.

Systems D: Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review
August 23 - October 28, 2012

This course is the sixth of six modules of the Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination review course. The organ system-based modules build on the on foundations of pathophysiology and medicine in modules 1 and 2, using concepts and disease examples specific to the various body systems.

NAVLE® Review and Preparation
September 7 - November 7, 2011

This basic course provides structured week-by-week instruction to help NAVLE® candidates stay on track to complete exam preparation in an efficient and effective manner. This course is geared toward senior veterinary students and veterinarians preparing for the North American Veterinary Licensing Exam (NAVLE®).

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