Try the newest addition: Drug Dilution

Check out these other popular calculators:

• Heartworm Susceptibility
• Body Surface Area
• Transfusion Volume
• Drug Dilution
• Unit Conversion
• Phlebotomy Volume
• Canine Echocardiogram Parameters
• Energy Requirements
• Mean Electrical Axis
• Glucose Curve

Find the Calculators and Conversion Tables in the Library and the VINDEX (Front Page or CTRL-E from almost anywhere on VIN and choose: Calc./Conversions).

Want to use the calculators on your (non-Flash) mobile device? Check out the mobile versions!

New Graduate Survival Manual
The worlds of veterinarian and veterinary student can sometimes feel light years apart. The New Graduate Survival Manual can help bridge that gap by guiding new graduates and their mentors through the minefield of issues faced early in a veterinary career.

You'll find helpful advice on numerous topics such as:

• Choosing a first job
• Contracts
• Adjusting to life in private practice
• Basic expectations
• The culture of a veterinary practice
• Understanding emergency duty

Look for it in the Student Center and the VIN Foundation library.

New Footer Toolbar on Beta!
The footer that appears on most VIN pages has a new look and improved functionality on BETA.vin.com. Now it's even easier to access your MyActivities and VINDEX with one click!

Take a look and use the Send Feedback button to let us know what you think!

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

• Heartworm drug resistance: It’s real
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Veterinarians grapple with end to GHLIT health insurance
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Navigating bewildering array of pet antiparasitics
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Repackaged veterinary drugs raise eyebrows
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Veterinarian targets shortage of women among profession’s leaders
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving:
* When human psychoses affect pets
*Combating fake service-dog certifications
*Pharmacy drug recommendations: consumer education or overstepping?

Be a VIN newshound:
The VIN News Service (VNS) is here to give you a voice and 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

• Dust Mites: Minimizing Exposure revised
• Regular Grooming is an Easy Way to Make Pets Happy and Healthy

Texas Farm Radio

• Soring: Illegal and Unethical updated

VetzInsight

• Hair Today and Not Gone Tomorrow

Saccharomyces boulardii viability and efficacy in horses with antimicrobial-induced diarrhoea
No statistically significant differences were found in days to return to normal faecal consistency; resolution of watery diarrhoea; return to normal heart rate, respiratory rate and temperature; resolution of leucopaenia; attitude improvement; appetite improvement; and survival at discharge.

Diagnosis and treatment of an insulinoma in a guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
Diazoxide treatment for presumptive insulinoma was started at a dosage of 5 mg/kg, PO, every 12 hours. A blood glucose curve demonstrated persistent hypoglycemia, and the diazoxide dosage was gradually increased to 25 mg/kg, PO, every 12 hours. A second glucose curve measurement 12 days later confirmed adequate euglycemic control.

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of midazolam after intravenous and intramuscular administration in alpacas
Midazolam was well absorbed after IM administration, had a short duration of action, and induced moderate levels of sedation in alpacas.

Dog With Atypical Aggressive Episode Was Found To Have A Urinary Tract Infection
The last month or so she has just seemed a little depressed and quiet, and I was attributing that to age and new baby blues. No pollakiuria, accidents, or hematuria. Just behavioral changes.

Communication Problems With The Local Emergency Clinic: Any Advice On Dealing With This?
Consistently, the reports come back as if the vet wants to seem like he is a much smarter and better vet than I am.

Should An Abdominal Exploratory Always Be Performed On Dogs That Have Attack Wounds To The Abdomen?
I explore all wounds, but I don't necessarily advise doing a full abdominal exploratory on each and every abdominal wound. It would depend on the circumstances of the injury: gored by a bull? Yes. Bitten by another little poodle? Probably not.

Lungworm Infection Diagnosed In A Kitten With Increased Respiratory Effort And Marked Interstitial Pulmonary Pattern
With a modified Baermann technique -- a gauze swab with faeces in it, placed in warm water in a tilted kidney dish -- we managed to find lungworm larvae, even though that faecal sample had been in the refrigerator for 4 days!

Sunday, September 1 - 7 p.m. ET - VIN Job Seekers Group
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Sunday, September 1 - No Rounds
The U.S. celebrates Labor Day by not working.

Thursday, September 5 - 1 p.m. ET - VIN Journal Club
Join Sharon Gwaltney-Brant, DVM, PhD, DABT, DABVT, to discuss a toxicology paper.

Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock

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

Need help remembering when Rounds sessions are happening? Here's a list of ways to be reminded about VIN Rounds sessions.

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

• Value of Technicians VIN/VSPN R
• Current Concepts in Acute Pancreatitis VIN/VECCS R
• Chronic Pain: Foundations @ R
• Cutaneous Parasites in 2013 @ R
• Staying Sane in Clinical Practice @
• VIN Journal Club: Intro To Basic Statistics 2
• Infection Control in Critical Care - MRSA & MRSP - VIN/VECCS

Download VINCasts (@)
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Rounds are also searchable! In Search 3, use the filters on the left of your search results page.

Say what?
A client just called to ask if I drew eyebrows on her dog while it was here.

Um... no.

She didn't seem upset, just curious. As if maybe it was part of the treatment plan. When she was informed that I did not draw anything on her dog, she said she'd ask her kids if they did it. I'm not sure if I should be concerned that she suspected me of doodling on her dog over her children.

Need Help?
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Click Help on the VIN Main Navigation bar on almost every page to begin exploring the new and improved VIN Help Center.

Book Review of the Week
Urological Disorders of the Dog and Cat
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture And Food

What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Ophthalmology Fun 165 - opened 8/24
Pathology Brain-Teaser 119 - opened 8/13
Zoonosis Brain-Teaser 144 - opened 8/12

Associate - New & Revised
Cholelithiasis in dogs (revised)

New Content:
Dr. Thomas Donnelly has shared his 2011 AEMV proceedings on Exotic Animal Ophthalmology

Dr. David Wigglesworth has contributed a form for 'Post Surgical Care - Canine' to the VIN Forms Collection

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: EVDI.

Veterinary Support Personnel Network (VSPN) Library Redesigned!

The VSPN Library has a spiffy new look and is now searchable!

VSPN was created for your technicians, practice managers, and other staff members to have access to their own message boards, chats, and CE. Have your staff go to www.vspn.org to register! It's free!

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

NAVLE® Review and Preparation
September 13 - November 13, 2013

This course is organized by species with each real-time session highlighting the "Top 20" diseases and conditions encountered by practitioners in the U.S. and Canada.

Brilliant Sanity: How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help Make You More Effective and Happier
October 17 - December 23, 2013

Mindfulness meditation is a secular contemplative practice that has been shown to decrease stress, increase empathy, reduce burnout among health care professionals and contribute to a greater sense of well-being. This Rounds series is designed to introduce mindfulness meditation to the participants and support the individual's personal practice through on-line meetings with like-minded professionals.

Get detailed help on How to Enroll in a VIN CE Course.

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

• Tuesday afternoons 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
• Wednesday evenings 10:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET
• Thursday evenings 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET

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

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.

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