To help you, the VIN consultants (and other experts) continue to create up-to-date summaries (FAQs) of topics commonly discussed on the message boards.

Save time and check out the Medical FAQs before you post.

Newest additions:

• Canine Leukemias
• Discontinuing CHF Medications

Your Dog Ate What?!? Visit the Toxicology Specialty Center
Your patients have a real knack for getting into potential toxins.

Resources from VIN and beyond are compiled in the Toxicology Specialty Center to help you deal with these unwelcome surprises.

In the center, you'll find:

• Links to useful books and manuals
• Medical FAQs
• Associate chapters and rounds.
• Client handouts
• Slide shows
• Links to journal articles and proceedings.

There are also whole sections dedicated to poisonous plants and pertinent FDA/EPA/FARAD websites.

Look for the Toxicology Specialty Center on the About Page for the Toxicology Message Board and in the Specialty Centers section of the VIN Library.

You can Participate in Clinical Research Without Leaving Your Home or Office!
Check the clinical trials page to see if any of the ongoing trials might make new or novel therapies available for your patients.

If you would like to add your clinical trial or research project, please complete this survey or contact mrishniw@vin.com.

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

• 'Call to action' sounded in long battle over veterinary accreditation
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Most veterinarians reduce prices so animals can get care, survey finds
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• VCA Inc.: Gentle giant or takeover threat?
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Rumored price hikes, rationing send veterinarians scrambling for saline
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Congress passes Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving stories:

• Pros and cons of rebate programs
• Status of AVMA Council on Education accreditation credentials

Be a VIN newshound:
The VIN News Service (VNS) is here to give you a voice and to report news that is important to you. Have an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering? Email News@vin.com.

The VIN News Service articles (without access to the community discussions) are 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!

Veterinary Partner

• Fentanyl (Duragesic Patch) revised

Texas Farm Radio

• Big Head Disease

VetzInsight

• Broken Brachycephalics: What’s Wrong with Bulldogs?

Multimodal therapy including electroacupuncture for the treatment of facial nerve paralysis in a horse
The horse was re-examined 2 weeks after the surgery; the left partial facial paralysis was still present and associated with amyotrophy of the muscles supplied by the buccal branches of the facial nerve. In accordance with the owner, the horse was hospitalised to start an electrostimulation treatment. The horse was treated every day for the first 4 days, then every 2 or 3 days during the following 3 weeks, for a total of 11 sessions. At the end of the second week of treatment, the horse was able to normally prehend the food and atrophy seemed reduced.

Thyroid scintigraphy in veterinary medicine
Thyroid scintigraphy is most commonly used to aid in the diagnosis and treatment management of feline hyperthyroidism but is also used in the evaluation of canine hypothyroidism and canine thyroid carcinoma.

PET and SPECT imaging in veterinary medicine
Although PET and SPECT technologies are in their infancy for clinical veterinary medicine, increasing access to and interest in these applications and other molecular imaging techniques has led to a greater knowledge and collective body of expertise for veterinarians worldwide.

Variability Of Avian CBC (Complete Blood Count) Results Between Different Laboratories
For the heck of it, we recently submitted blood from the same patient (collected at the same time and shipped on the same day), to three different laboratories -- just to see what kind of variation we could see...

Treating Concurrent Cardiac Failure And Renal Failure In Cats: When Are Intravenous Fluids Indicated, And At What Rate?
This is an acute case. Your job is to get it through this crisis and out the door. Once the acute crisis is managed successfully, then you treat the cat just like any other cat with heart failure. The problem is that no matter what you do, most of these cats aren't going to make it out that door.

Continued Arthritis Pain In A Dog Previously Treated For Polyarthritis
It seems that the dog is disproportionately painful compared with the amount of changes seen on the radiographs. Why does this happen?

Lyme Vaccines: Is OspC Important?
All Lyme vaccines provide the dog with protection, because of antibody produced *only* against OspA. The other Osp proteins are not relevant in preventing infection in the dog.

Use the links below or click the Rounds button in the main navigation bar to join these discussions.

VIN Rounds
Sunday, July 27 - 9 p.m. ET
Join Kathy Tater, DVM, MPH, DACVD, for Name That Nose! Nasal Planum Diseases.
*This session will be all text, no audio.

VIN/VECCS Rounds
Monday, July 28 - 9 p.m. ET
Join Maureen McMichael, DVM, DACVECC, for Neonatal And Pediatric Emergency & Critical Care Medicine.
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

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Don't Rewrite -- RECOVER! (with Message Board Drafts!)
Saving your drafts when posting on the message boards helps you avoid wasting time rewriting lost posts and the best part is... you don't even have to remember to save it yourself!

The message boards automatically save your draft every 60 seconds, so even if you get called away to an emergency in the middle of posting... no worries! You can come back later and pick up where you left off.

Book Review of the Week
Small Animal Practice Client Handouts
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Hydrocephalus; Congenital and Acquired
Explore the rest of Associate!

Website of the Week
Animal Welfare Information Center: Farm Animals

From the VIN Mentor: Visual Procedures Manual
The VIN Mentor manual includes videos of complete medical procedures with narration, step-by-step instructions, and accompanying materials lists to help you perform the procedures with success.
New procedure added: PEG Tube Placement

From the VIN Library: New Conference Proceedings
*2012 Association of Avian Veterinarians Annual Conference & Expo (AAV 2012)
*2013 International Association of Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Conference (IAAHPC 2013)

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: CVC Kansas City, and EVDI.

Need to Change Your VIN Password?
Security experts suggest changing your passwords frequently to keep them secure. Changing your VIN password is quick and easy.

Log in to your account with your current password then click on MyVIN > Membership and choose Change your Password or Change Secondary Security.

You can also use MyVIN to update your contact information, update your credit card for all VIN services, renew your membership, and much more! Browse the MyVIN section of the VIN Help resources for details.

If you need more help, please contact membership services directly.

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

Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases: Remembering the Zebras
August 20 - October 11, 2014

This course will review the major exotic and emerging animal diseases, emphasizing the clinical signs and gross lesions of these diseases in various species and the role of the practitioner and other professionals. Major emphasis will be placed on including exotic diseases in the differential diagnosis of various clinical presentations and the importance of laboratory support for the diagnosis of both "horses and zebras."

Veterinary Ethics
September 25 - November 30, 2014

This course is intended for small animal practitioners in private practice who have an interest in developing the tools to work through ethically challenging situations.

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!

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.

Follow VIN CE and VSPN on Twitter! Click the "Send request" button to prompt the (VIN / VSPN) crews to accept you as a follower.

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