Hundreds of drugs are listed in alphabetical order by generic name and are cross referenced to the corresponding brand name so you can search by either one.

The handbook lists one or more usages for each drug, followed by the recommended drug dosage for that particular condition and can be found in the Drug Resources section of the VIN library.

Looking for CE with more European flair?
The 22nd European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals (ECVIM-CA) Annual Congress will be held in Maastricht, The Netherlands on September 6-8.

Check out the ECVIM-CA 2011 proceedings.

Search 3.0 Update...
VINners spoke, and VIN listened! After reviewing member feedback, the VIN Wizards have updated Search 3.0, keeping the same great functionality and speed, but with a more familiar feel.

Search 3.0.8 has a new and improved user interface, providing:

• A cleaner Search page, with all of your choices for customizing your search in one streamlined bar.
• Font and indentation changes in the Results page, to make your Results more readable.
• And many more Search Preference Options...

Remember: Click 'Update' whenever you make a change to your search preferences!

Want to see how your results compare to Search 2.0? Click on the yellow box that says "Old Search 2.0" to compare your results.

Not ready for a change? Want to customize your options? Click "Change my Search Preferences" to turn 'Snippets' on or off or reset your default Search to 2.0.

Visual learner? Explore this video tutorial.

If you do switch back to using OLD Search on Beta, please let us know why. Your feedback is needed and always appreciated! Send feedback to Feedback@vin.com. Better yet, share your feedback, suggestions, critiques with all VINners by posting on the message boards.

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

• FTC eyes distribution of pet medications
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• 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

Evolving stories
* 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

Endoscopically guided removal of cloacal calculi in three African spurred tortoises (Geochelone sulcata)
Cloacoscopy combined with the use of a low-speed dental drill and warm water irrigation should be considered a simple, safe, and nontraumatic treatment option for removal of obstructive cloacal calculi in tortoises

Effect of kennel noise on hearing in dogs
Results of the noise assessments indicated levels that are damaging to the human auditory system. Such levels could be considered dangerous for kenneled dogs as well, particularly given the demonstrated hearing loss in dogs housed in the veterinary kennel for a prolonged period.

Bartonella spp. in rats and zoonoses, Los Angeles, California, USA
Bartonella spp. were detected in rats (Rattus norvegicus) trapped in downtown Los Angeles, California, USA. Of 200 rats tested, putative human pathogens, B. rochalimae and B. tribocorum were found in 37 (18.5%) and 115 (57.5%) rats, respectively.

Personal experience with the benefits of class IV lasers
There is usually a long time from the moment when the first people begin to notice usefulness to when broader acceptance comes.

Equine castration: technique and equipment preferences
I love the Henderson "twisty-do." Tips for using it ...

Chondrosarcoma diagnosed in a cat that had a bony lesion found on the humerus during routine annual examination
I would amputate. I would be extremely optimistic about the long-term outcome.

How can an introverted veterinarian improve client relation skills?
I'm an introvert. Sometimes I don't have very confident days, and I know that I may not be giving the right impression.

How to Use VIN: Part 2
Wednesday, July 18, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Thursday, July 19, 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/VSPN Rounds
Friday, July 20, 10 p.m. EDT
(Saturday, July 21, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Oriana D. Scislowicz, BS, LVT for VSPN Notebook Rounds: Alternative Medicine.
*Invite your staff to attend via www.VSPN.org

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, July 22, 10 p.m EDT
(Monday, July 23, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Speaker & topic TBA

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

Want to See What You've Been Missing?

• Stayin' Alive: RECOVER What's New In CPR VIN/VECCS
• Human Medication Toxicities: Part 2
• 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 AJC
• 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.

If you work in a multi-doctor practice, you should always access and post under your own name so you can enjoy your own personalized settings and MyStuff.

Each VIN page has a Log Out button near the top right. Logging out will also keep you and your colleagues from accidentally impersonating each other.

Did you know that colleagues working in the same practice qualify for group membership rates? If more than one member of your practice is using a single VIN login, you and your colleagues should each have your own login and be billed as a group membership.

This helpful FAQ will explain how group memberships work. If you still have questions contact membership services at vingram@vin.com, or call membership services at 1-800-700-4636 (toll free) or 1-530-756-4881 (local).

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
Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Dermatology, 2nd edition
Buy this book in the Bookstore.
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
USDA-Approved Laboratories

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 148 - Opened 7/5
Zoonosis Case 121 - Opened 7/2
Pathology Case 99 - Opened 7/9

Associate - Updated and New
Nasal sinus neoplasia (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: AVMA, AAV, ECVIM, IVECCS and SWVS.

The good old days
For all you young whippersnappers- in the old days, a pound of coffee and a fifth of whiskey was the treatment for an LDA. Sometimes afterwards, we got around to looking at the cow.

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

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 presentation.

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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