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Learn About VINx and eVetSites at AVMA
The VINx and eVetSites teams will be at the 2016 AVMA Conference in San Antonio, August 6-8th.

Mosey on over to booth 918 in the exhibit hall to say howdy and learn how VetTools, PetTools, and eVetSites can help you with everything from streamlining practice management, to enhancing patient care, to website design and maintenance.

Hope to see you there!
800-454-0576 - VINxSupport@vin.com

Helping you Educate your Clients
Help your clients be better informed pet owners with the Client Education Resources listed in the VIN Library. Find even more no-cost, advertising-free, independent information that you can trust at VeterinaryPartner.com and VetzInsight.

The VIN Client Brochure was created as an easy way to explain to clients how being a VIN member impacts the quality of veterinary care that you provide. It also highlights the VIN client handout website, VeterinaryPartner.com, where your clients can go to learn more about health issues concerning their pets. VIN members can order a pack of 25 brochures for FREE in the VIN Bookstore.

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

• Denied: Lindsey's petition for a partial new trial
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• Getting to know Dr. Nur
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• Pet pharmacy Rx transfers: supporting the competition?
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Evolving story:
- Hemopet sales tax issue
- Massachusetts revises rabies rules
- Prescription medications without a prescription

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Hyperlipidemia (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• Dietary Tips for Hauling Your Horses (revised)

VetzInsight

• Is Your Indoor Cat Completely Safe? Think Again…

Differentiating Nuclear Sclerosis From Cataracts (Procedures Pro)
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Such changes may occur in dogs or cats of any age for a variety of reasons (e.g., congenital, traumatic, post-inflammatory, metabolic, nutritional, age-related) and by a variety of pathophysiologic mechanisms.

Human-Dromedary Camel Interactions and the Risk of Acquiring Zoonotic Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection
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Only a small proportion of the primary cases have reported contact with camels. Other possible sources and vehicles of infection include food-borne transmission through consumption of unpasteurized camel milk and raw meat; medicinal use of camel urine; and zoonotic transmission from other species.

10 Dermatoses to Consider in the Young Patient
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Most clinicians are familiar with more common presentations such as demodicosis, dermatophytosis, and superficial bacterial infections, but the following highlighted disorders may not be foremost in mind when formulating a list of differentials.

Dog Has Splenic Nodule: Is Splenic Biopsy Or Splenectomy Recommended?
If this is a benign or malignant nodule, it is at risk for rupture and subsequent patient death. I would skip the biopsy and perform the splenectomy.

Is There Any Danger To The Dogs From Eating The Feces Of A Cat Being Treated With Chlorambucil?
What an excellent question!

Flea And Tick Prevention For Seizure Patients: If All The Labels Say Use With Caution, Are Any Of Them Safe?
Unfortunately, all of the flea and tick products will say use with caution in patients with seizures and warn that they can effect seizure threshold. The benefit of flea and tick prevention far out weighs the low risk of altering seizure threshold.

Non-Clinical Veterinarian Stopped By And Wanted Revolution Dispensed For His Dog
I couldn't think why a fellow veterinarian wouldn't just bring his dog into the clinic...

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VIN Rounds
Sunday, August 7 - 9 p.m. ET
(Monday, August 8 - 1 a.m. GMT)
Join Andrew Mackin, BSc, BVMS, DVSc, MVS, FANZCVS, DACVIM, for Practical Use of Cyclosporine.
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Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, August 9 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, August 10 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about student issues?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

How to Use VIN, Part 2
Wednesday, August 10 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, August 11 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
The VIN Representative Committee will show you how to get more out of your VIN experience.
Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

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

• Quality of Life of Diabetic Pets & Owners Journal Club
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• Four Causes of Dyspnea in Cats @ (R)
• Fear & Loathing in the Clinic (R)
• Assertiveness for Women in Healthcare @ (R) VIN/VSPN
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Book Review of the Week
Bovine Medicine, Third Edition
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Website of the Week
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New Medical FAQ
Apoquel

New Quick Poll:
(Look for it on the lower left side of the VIN Front Page.)
First jobs, like first loves don’t always work out. If you've left your first job as a veterinarian, what was your primary reason for leaving?

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Upcoming Conferences
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NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
To see what other courses are currently open for enrollment, browse the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page.

Dermatology 2016 -- Practical Solutions for Common Problems
September 11 - October 5, 2016
Presenter: Mitchell Song, DVM, DACVD

In many veterinary clinics dermatology can make up to 50% of the case load seen on a daily basis. This course will be a presentation of practical solutions to common problems and information for the practicing veterinarian. Information will be presented on how to deal with recurrent bacterial skin infections, why they occur and what can be done to prevent them from happening again and again.

Anesthesia for Patients With Pre-Existing Disease -- Bridging the Gap Between Medicine and Anesthesia
September 27 - November 18, 2016
Presenter(s): Kris Kruse-Elliott, DVM, PhD, DACVAA (course coordinator), Nancy Brock, DVM, DACVAA, Lydia Love, DVM, DACVAA

You have a patient in front of you that is less than healthy. How will you minimize anesthesia risk for that patient? In this course we will explore, using a body systems approach, how disease and anesthesia interact to influence your decision making process.

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