Who's The Boss? Teaching Dogs to Learn to Earn
You don't have to be bossy to be the boss. Learn how to make training a rewarding experience for canine and human alike. Join Sophia Yin, DVM, MS, for Teaching Dogs To Learn To Earn: A Fun Alternative To The Alpha Role. Use the Rounds link in the Main Navigation bar to join the discussions. To find out what other interesting rounds topics are coming soon, see This Week's Rounds Schedule.
Lessons From My Father
At the recent ACVIM Forum in Anaheim, our own Paul D. Pion DACVIM was the keynote speaker for the plenary session. His assigned topic:
“I gave the hardest (and scariest) talk of my life. It was hard because it was about me. In honesty, it is not about me - it is about our wonderful profession and all my colleagues.” Colleagues with VIN access can watch and hear Paul's talk and discuss and ask Paul questions or provide feedback on the message boards. If you don't have access to VIN or want to share the presentation with others, use this link: IVECCS 2010
The Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS) in partnership with the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) and the Academy of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (AVECCT) will conduct the 16th International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Symposium (IVECCS ‘10) September 11-15, at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, Texas. Early bird registration is open now until August 5. Check out the IVECCS 2009 proceedings in the VIN Library.
Interactive Survey Results Viewer on Beta
Participating in surveys is a great way to help your VIN community, but do you ever wonder what your colleagues have to say? A long-time in development, the VIN Survey Viewer is ready for you to try. This new interactive tool gives you the ability to view and even evaluate survey results in ways not provided in the write-up done by the VIN survey team. Currently, the Survey Viewer, allows you to access ONLY surveys you have taken. The survey viewer is flexible – you can view results in textual or graphical views and if you forgot your own answer, it will remind you with one click. Let us know what you think! Keep an eye on this section of VIN This Week to find out what new toys you can help us perfect on Beta.vin.com. If you want the latest and greatest and want to be on the "bleeding edge" of where VIN is going, make Beta.vin.com your VIN Homepage. Beta.vin.com helps speed the testing and release of new features. Beta.vin.com provides the "sandbox" where we all can play knowing that if it doesn't quite work as planned, we can retreat to good-ole VIN.com and find the tested and mature features and toolsets we've all come to trust. More details.
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Evolving stories:
* Bayer's return policy called into question
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New and Revised
Share these with your clients! Texas Farm Radio
Anesthesia in shelter medicine
An anesthesia protocol with a combination of tiletamine-zolazepam and dexmedetomidine in combination with an opioid fits the criteria of the shelter anesthesia protocols. These combinations possess rapid induction of immobilization, unconsciousness, and muscle relaxation with an anesthesia duration of 30 to 45 minutes. Specific and nonspecific reversal agents are also available to facilitate recovery.
A case series of unilateral orbital aspergillosis in three cats and treatment with voriconazole
Feline orbital aspergillosis is increasingly described in the published reports and may be an emerging disease. Orbital mycotic infections were diagnosed in three cats with exophthalmos, significant dorso-temporal globe deviation, and pronounced resistance to retropulsion.
Lip commissure to eyelid transposition for repair of feline eyelid agenesis
The technique was successful in all nine eyes and resulted in improvement in corneal protection, cosmesis, and, in several cats, a return of the palpebral reflex.
My first Cushing's case
Floss is a 12 year old Australian kelpie-cross neutered bitch. I have been seeing her for treatment of her (presumed) back and joint pain and mobility issues. She had a femoral arthroplasty many years ago so mobility issues and muscle wasting have always been considered "normal" for her. She does respond to cartrophen injections and NSAIDs however which confirms, at least in my mind, that pain and djd are definitely part of her problem. However recent tests have indicated there may be a little more going on.
Bone tumors: Tips for using ultrasound imaging to determine biopsy site
It is possible with ultrasound to image the shaft of the bone and identify an osteolytic area of bone. This area could then be sampled from, in order to get a proper bone biopsy ...
Severe bee envenomation
The doctor who took the case prepared the owners with an appropriately guarded prognosis, and started appropriate intensive care immediately (Fluids, Epi, corticosteroids, diphenhydramine, analgesics, removal of the stingers, etc) - constant BP monitoring, monitoring coags, electrolytes, initial Chem panel, monitoring urine output, etc. Despite appropriate treatment, didn't take long to see hemoglobinuria - so the severe toxocosis is progressing.
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 Sunday Rounds
Sunday, July 25, 10 p.m. EDT
(Monday, July 26, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Sophia Yin, DVM, MS, for Teaching Dogs To Learn To Earn: A Fun Alternative To The Alpha Role.
Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, July 27, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Wednesday, July 28, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Stop by and chat with your fellow VIN addicts!
How To Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, August 4, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Thursday, August 5, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Learn how to use VIN's knowledge base.
Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free course.
The Week's Rounds Schedule
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Continual Education
Don't just attend CE - learn and enjoy! VIN continual education courses are unlike any CE you've experienced. If you need CE credits, VIN can help you meet your continual education requirements and have fun at the same time - all from the comfort and convenience of your home or office! Experience direct interaction among instructors and fellow participants daily on the message boards and during the weekly real time sessions. Please visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog for information on current courses.
When you SEARCH VIN, you scan nearly 2 million content items. Within this mass of information are citations and abstracts relevant to veterinary practice from thousands of clinical and biomedical journals. In the VIN Library, you'll find a complete (well, likely a few have been missed) collection of citations and abstracts (and sometimes more) from over 150 core veterinary journals. Need More Help?
Have questions about your membership? Can't find that reference you need for a tough case? Help is a click, email or phone call away! (Hint: you can find this page anytime by clicking HELP on the main VIN Navigation Bar.)
 Book Review of the Week
Review Questions & Answers for Veterinary Technicians, Fourth Edition
Website of the Week
Parasitology Picture Keys
eVetsites Tip of the Week
Avimark Email Configuration
What's Your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Ophthalmology Case 115
Pathology Brain Teaser 36
Zoonosis Case 76
Associate - Updated and New:
Disk herniation (feline)
Explore the rest of Associate!
New Proceedings in the VIN Library:
* WSAVA 2010
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/AEMV and ACVR.
Geography lessons needed
One of my RVTs, while ordering equipment for our lab, asked "Are we east or west of the Mississippi?" Same nurse, watching TV with her son. Program talking about how poisonous the North American Tarantula is. Tells her son: "Remind me never to go there!" Her 4th grade son just looked at her in disbelief. When asked which direction is north, she points east, because she was holding the map with the north arrow pointed that way. She didn't see the flaw in her thinking until we turned her, and the map, west and asked... "OK, now which way is north?" This girl knows our computers, can hit a vein from across the room, and can service our lab equipment like a pro. Just don't let her make your travel plans!
NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register and find more upcoming CE. Overview of Selected Shelter Infectious Diseases
September 30 - November 4, 2010 The objective of this course is to provide veterinarians and technicians with practical and current information about the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and management of some common infectious diseases that humane organizations face when caring for homeless animals. This course will consist of five (5) 2-hour real-time sessions, taught by a different shelter medicine university expert each week. Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases: Remembering the Zebras
October 6 - November 17, 2010 This course includes six weekly one-hour real-time sessions, message boards and a database of information about exotic diseases. There will be a set of Overview tests, Scenario tests and Infectious Inquiries designed to help you learn. Participants are required to complete a minimum of one of these tests per week as part of the requirement for CE credit, in addition to participation during the real-time sessions and on the course message boards. If you're looking for more information on
CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists or practice managers, please visit the VSPN CE page. VSPN offers courses specifically tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VSPN members. Now you can follow VIN CE and VSPN on Twitter! Simply click the "Send request" button to prompt the (VIN/VSPN) crews to accept you as a follower.
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