The VIN Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with the express goal of supporting and advocating for the individuals within the veterinary profession. By helping veterinary professionals navigate the challenges of their careers, the VIN Foundation is helping to better serve animal- and human-kind.

The VIN Foundation is also an integral part of the plan to ensure the ongoing operation of VIN by and for veterinarians.

Visit the VIN Foundation website to learn more.

Solving Pathological Mysteries
Veterinary pathologists are an important part of every clinician's resource team. Don't happen to have one on staff? Can't reach your favorite pathologist 24/7? Let the Clinical and Anatomic Pathology Specialty Center help you sort out the clues to your diagnostic mystery.

You'll find information on diagnostic tests, quality control, laboratory standards, sample acquisition, cytologic stains, specimen submission and more.

Links to pertinent journals (including many full-text articles), helpful websites and dozens of slide shows, images and videos are also included.

Find the Clinical and Anatomic Pathology Center through the About Page for the Pathology Message Board and the Specialty Centers section of the VIN Library.

Missed Another Rounds Session?
There's an easy way to catch up on what you missed... Replay!

Participate in rounds on your own schedule! Replay is like attending the live session, except you'll post your questions and comments to the Message Boards. Look for the Session Recordings button on individual Rounds pages. Read the help document for more details.

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK, reported for YOU...

• Veterinary ethics: Where we've been, where we're headed - Commentary
  VIN | Discussion
• Entrepreneur finds pet microchip problem unsolvable
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Long live the veterinary teaching hospital - Commentary
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Leininger appeal culminates without resolution
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving Stories
- Beware Petsavers, an Alan Abrams venture
- Animal rescue group standards and regulation
- Microchip muddle

Be a VIN newshound:
VNS is your news service. Have an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering?
E-mail Reporters@vin.com.

Share news.vin.com with non-VINners. The VIN News Service stories (without access to the community discussions) are publicly available.

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Sarcoptic Mange (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• First Aid for Horses (revised)

VetzInsight

• The Parrot's Tale

Neurologic diseases of birds and reptiles
Free Full Text
Both common and seldom reported neurologic diseases associated with infectious organisms, trauma, neoplasia, metabolic disorders, toxins, and malnutrition are reviewed.

Intestinal Adenocarcinoma in a Herd of Farmed Sika Deer (Cervus nippon): A Novel Syndrome
Intestinal adenocarcinomas were identified in 76 adult deer from a closed herd of 193 breeding animals grazing pasture heavily infested with bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum).

International online survey to assess current practice in equine anaesthesia
Individual respondents reported routinely employing the following anaesthesia monitoring modalities: electrocardiography (80%), invasive arterial blood pressures (70%), pulse oximetry (60%), capnography (55%), arterial blood gases (47%), composition of inspired and expired gases (45%), and body temperature (35%).

How To Feed Orphaned Kittens In An Animal Shelter
This is what I put together for my shelter workers. It includes information about bottle feeding and tube feeding.

Induced Vomiting: Is It Contraindicated In Dogs With Food Bloat And Can It Really Cause Stomach Rupture?
Not a lot of definitive scientific evidence on the most effective clinical practice/therapeutic approach for these cases. Mostly, the recommendations are based on anecdotal experiences, thoughts, and opinions...

Suspected Congenital Scoliosis And Kyphosis In A Puppy (Radiographs)
The vertebrae appear more lucent because they can not be properly loaded. This causes disuse atrophy.

Vacations For Solo Practitioners: Using Relief Veterinarians Versus Closing Practice
I simply post notice a month in advance, and work like crazy right before and right after -- with no change in income.

Wondering how long it is until the next Rounds session? Take a look at the Rounds Countdown Clock!

VIN/AAFP Rounds
Tuesday, July 21 - 8 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, July 22 - Midnight GMT)
Join Elke Rudloff, DVM, DACVECC, for Respiratory Distress: Localization of the Lesion and Interventions.
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, July 21- 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, July 22 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about new grad issues?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

Need help remembering when Rounds sessions are happening? Check out the list of ways to be reminded about VIN Rounds sessions.

Want to See What You've Been Missing?
(@ = VINCast available; R = Replay available)

• Getting the Most from your Post Tips & Tools
• Management Issues of Specialty/Emergency Practices @ (R) VIN/VSPN
• Lactate: Getting the Most from Lactate & VBG (R) VIN/VECCS
• Be the Employee Your Practice Can't Do Without (R) @ VIN/VSPN
• Rabbit & Rodent Dental Disease @ (R) Student Rounds

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Rounds are also searchable! Use the filters on the left of your search results page.

This one hurts
Thank you for reaching out and posting this, you did a wonderful job, and surely made a huge impact on "little sister". I am glad you showed emotion to your staff as well, it is only human. My husband cries when he is sad, it is one of the reasons I married him!!!! It is a natural, human emotion, and I do not think words can describe how lucky your patients, clients, and daughter are to have you.

Safe? Or Not?
There's a new vet clinic game called "Safe? Or Not?" In this game you try to determine whether various containers on counters contain items that are safe to eat or drink, or not. We had a particularly challenging container today (below). It is near a workstation, but it's on the lab counter. It's in a drinky-cup (or whatever you call those that's escaping me at the moment) but it's really not a typical drink color or consistency.

Safe? Or Not?

The clock is ticking; you have 3 seconds to decide. Do you swig it or hand it to a tech for processing?

Book Review of the Week
What’s That? A Beginner’s Guide to Veterinary Abdominal Ultrasound
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Renal Transplantation In Cats

Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Canine Thyroid Carcinoma revised
Explore the rest of Associate!

From the VIN Library
New Interactive Learning Tool: Bovine Digestion

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 which upcoming conferences VIN will be attending. Be sure to stop by the Cyber Café or any of the other VIN booths if you’re attending: AVTE, IVRA, CVC Kansas City, AAV/AEMV/ARAV, ECVIM-CA, IVECCS, or SWVS.

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what other courses are starting soon.

Systems B: Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review
July 23 - October 4, 2015

The fourth of six modules in the Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination review series, this course is designed to cover the pathophysiological basis of disease in small animals based on pathophysiological and discipline-specific concepts, covering respiratory, dentistry, behavior, musculoskeletal, gastroenterology body systems.

Treating Diabetes Mellitus
July 24 - September 10, 2015

Issues discussed will include the genetic background to companion animal diabetes mellitus, how to achieve diabetic remission, the use of novel insulin analogues and GLP-1 based therapy, protocols for dealing with diabetic keto-acidosis, and structural approaches to the most challenging diabetic cases.

Visit the CE Participant Resource Center to learn the basics of online CE, how to find your course area, CE participation requirements, and much more!

Practice sessions are scheduled for the same days and times each week for your convenience:

• Tues. afternoons 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
• Weds. evenings 10:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET
• Thurs. evenings 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET

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