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Veterinary Forms and Client Handouts Collection
Thanks to the generosity of VINners, the Veterinary Forms Collection contains a variety of sample forms, clip art, and handouts.

Browse the forms database using the categories on the left for:

• Admission and Drop-off Forms
• Consent forms
• Dental forms
• Health Certificates
• Maintenance Logs
• ...and much much more!

Many of the forms can be downloaded as MS Word files that you can modify for use in your practice. More client handouts can be found in the Forms and Handouts section of the VIN Library.

Want to share your favorite forms with other VINners? E-mail the text (or a scanned image) of the form to VINdatabase@vin.com or send a copy of the form via snail mail to 777 W. Covell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616. Be sure to include your name, telephone number and e-mail address with the copy.

'Add to MyStuff' for Mobile on Beta.vin.com/mobile!
With Mobile MyStuff you can access your MyStuff from almost anywhere! Go to your most frequently used document or function with a single click.

The Add to MyStuff for Mobile makes it easy to save quick links to your favorite VIN documents and features while you're on the go.

Click on the red heart on the page you want to save, give your link a new title, or keep the one that pops up, and then click the Save button.

Your link will be automatically added to your Main MyStuff folder, but you can move it to any folder you choose the next time you log in to VIN with your desktop or laptop.

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To turn off pop up blocking on your iPad:

1. Select Settings
2. Select Safari
3. Select Off for Block Pop-ups

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

• Pet treat investigation expands beyond chicken jerky
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Welfare college receives provisional recognition
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Climbing back on the proverbial horse
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Delegates punt move to eliminate AVMA vice presidency
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Veterinary visits up but pet ownership down
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• AVMA: Fairness to Pet Owners Act ‘dead’
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving stories
* Wells Fargo Practice Finance provokes ire
* Ohio State plans new ER/referral hospital
* Alternatives to clinical veterinary medicine

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!

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (revised)
• Purrfect Health

Texas Farm Radio

• Vaccine-based Immunity and Older Horses

ANIMALicious

• Can Paperwork be Life-Saving?

Granulosa cell tumour in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from German waters
Neoplastic diseases in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena have rarely been described, and there are no reported gonadal stromal tumours. A 12-year old female harbour porpoise was stranded on the North Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Necropsy findings included a severe granulomatous pneumonia, pregnancy and a left ovarian tumour.

The use of IV lipid emulsion for lipophilic drug toxicities
Experimental and anecdotal use of ILE in the human and veterinary literature, theorized mechanisms of action, current dosing recommendations, potential adverse effects, and indications for use in human and veterinary emergency medicine are reviewed herein.

Pharmaceutical evaluation of compounded trilostane products
Compounded trilostane capsules (15 mg, 45 mg, or 100 mg) were purchased from eight pharmacies and assayed for content and dissolution characteristics. Capsules made in-house containing either inert material or 15 mg of the licensed product and proprietary capsules (30 mg and 60 mg) served as controls.

The bold and the inappropriate: why toxic employees should be fired
Think of it this way: when you fire someone who deserves it, you are lightening the load for everyone else in the company. While it's okay to feel sorry that someone got fired, remember it's not something that you are doing to her (if you are doing it for the right reasons), it is something that she did to herself.

Feline perineal urethrostomy: surgical technique and postoperative care
Perineal urethrostomy surgery is scary no matter how many you've done! There are a few tips to avoid postoperative stricture of the urethra.

Hypophosphatemia and hypokalemia in a dog with diabetic ketoacidosis
Great job! These are very hard to get under control, so you really did some good work here!

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, August 26, 10 p.m. EDT
(Monday, August 27, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Sophia Yin, DVM, MS, for Taming the Tiger: Why Cats Attack Humans and What to Do.

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

Want to See What You've Been Missing?

• Snake & Spider Envenomations VIN/VECCS
• Toxicology Internet Rumors
• Veterinary Quiz Challenge
• Male Cat Urethral Obstruction
• Perioperative Opioids In Cats @
• 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 @

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.

Conference Proceedings in the VIN Library
View conference, meeting and symposium proceedings in the VIN Library. Browse by conference name or by year or check out the archives of meetings from 1999 and earlier.

Recently Added:

• UCD Neurology 2012
• AAFP 2011
• UCDCMC 2012
• ISFM 2011

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 Show-Me-How Videos, learn about Top Issues and Solutions, see What’s New on VIN and much more.

New Resources for CE Participants
If you're new to VIN online CE or just need a refresher, visit the new CE Practice Area and the CE Participant Resource Center for some helpful tips.

To get the most from your CE course, plan to attend a Unity practice session before your course begins. Practice sessions are scheduled for the same day and time each week for your convenience:

• Tuesdays 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EDT
• Wednesdays 10:00 - 11:00 p.m. EDT
• Thursdays 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. EDT

Check the World Clock Time Zone Converter to confirm the time for your area.

Book Review of the Week
Writing the Research Paper – A Handbook, 8th Edition
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Illinois Drought Resources

eVetSites Tip of the Week
Padding your Images

What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Ophthalmology Fun 149 - Opened 8/2
Zoonosis Brain-Teaser 123 - Opened 8/6
Pathology Brain-Teaser 101 - Opened 8/14

Show-Me-How Video
Finding 'About this Folder' pages

Associate - Updated and New
Feline Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (feline)
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: ECVIM, IVECCS and SWVS.

Arachnaphobia
I recently opened a news website to see a picture taken of a spider's multiple eyes... through an otoscope. Yes, it was living in a woman's ear. I may have to have my ears surgically removed now just to make them stop itching and try to get that picture out of my head.

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

Veterinary Dentistry for the General Practitioner, Module 1
September 3 - October 11, 2012

This course will start out with oral examination and disease recognition, then cover prevention and treatment of periodontal disease and continue to intraoral radiographs.

Veterinary Dentistry for the General Practitioner
Module 2
October 1 - November 8, 2012

This course will cover dental radiographic interpretation, exodontics, local anesthesia and feline dentistry.

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