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VIN Resources to Help you Educate Your Clients
Better informed pet owners make better clients. VIN has resources you can use to educate your clients on a wide variety of topics, from behavior issues to first aid and emergency care to vaccination protocols.

• Client Handouts - VIN Library
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• Client Handouts for Common Emergencies
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• VetzInsight
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Stuck in the Middle

Our policy is now that the presenting agent, whether individual owner or association/municipality, is responsible to pay the bill, and our role is to provide an accurate estimate up front and communicate as the costs for treatment change. So for your situation, I'd communicate to the local HS that if they present it, it'll be billed to them. If they would like to offer generous payment options by which the client repays them, that's their prerogative.

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

• Tuition hikes flatten as high cost of veterinary school gains attention
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• Veterinarians, schools emphasize yearly pet checkups
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Use of the Thomas splint and cast combination, walker splint, and spica bandage with an over the shoulder splint for the treatment of fractures of the upper limbs in cattle
Spica bandages combined with lateral splints placed over the dorsum of the affected limb and down the contralateral shoulder may be used for partial immobilization of humeral fractures in calves and small ruminants when surgical repair is not an option.

Outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Infantis infection in humans linked to dry dog food in the United States and Canada, 2012
An outbreak investigation identified 53 ill humans infected with the outbreak strain during January 1 to July 5, 2012, in 21 states and 2 provinces in Canada; 20 (38%) were children = 2 years old, and 12 of 37 (32%) were hospitalized.

A review of approaches to assessing equine welfare
Welfare assessment is not straightforward. Here we review the challenges that welfare assessment presents and review the tools currently available to meet them.

Young Rabbit With Severe Dental Disease; Feeding Advice To Optimize Dental Health In Rabbits
Over the past 30 years, I've collected about 1000 skull specimens of rabbits with and without pathology. Pellets, root vegetables, and even timothy hay can all contribute to dental disease. My feeding recommendation is...

Young Show Goat With Neurologic Signs: Differentials And Final Diagnosis
This is a first. That condition has never been reported in goats.

Client's Spouse Angry About Bill: What To Do Now, And Ways To Prevent It In Future
I would not call it an estimate -- that does sound like an auto body shop. Label it and call it a treatment plan or a health plan. That way you are concentrating on what needs to be done for the health of the pet, not what it is going to cost them.

Allergen Immunotherapy: Is Sublingual Or Injectable Preferred For Dogs?
Right now, 75% of my clients are choosing sublingual. I am beginning to believe that it works faster than injections. There is a good immunologic reason for this: daily administration of an antigen is superior at inducing tolerance than intermittent administration is.

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Book Review of the Week
Anthology of Biosafety: XIII Animal Production and Protection
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What's your Diagnosis?
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Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Mediastinal Neoplasia - Canine & Feline
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Funny Things Clients Say
"When attempting to relay the seriousness of acute, fulminant congestive heart failure in a 14-year-old female intact Pomeranian with severe periodontal disease and concurrent kidney insufficiency to the owner, she very solemnly asked if the Pomeranian could have gotten the heart disease from her side of the family, as she and several family members also have cardiac issues."

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The Other Side of Veterinary Medicine: Healthy Clinicians Make Better Practitioners Module I
September 8 - October 9, 2014

This is the first of two modules that blend information from a variety of disciplines, including human nutrition, sleep and exercise physiology, psychology and other social sciences into a unified whole. The course premise is that healthy clinicians are better able to provide excellent patient care and client service.

The Other Side of Veterinary Medicine: Healthy Clinicians Make Better Practitioners Module II
October 6 - November 27, 2014

This is the second of two modules that blend information from a variety of disciplines, including human nutrition, sleep and exercise physiology, psychology and other social sciences into a unified whole. The course premise is that healthy clinicians are better able to provide excellent patient care and client service.

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