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This resource is the product of hard work by VIN consultants zoo/wildlife veterinarian Ned Gentz, MS, DVM, DACZM, and veterinary toxicologist Sharon Gwaltney-Brant, DVM, PhD, DABT, DABVT, and the VIN exotic animal species consultants and editors. Thank you!

Find it in the Books and Drug Resources sections of the VIN Library and in the Small Mammals, Avian, and Clinical Pharmacology Specialty Centers.

VINTip on Drugs: When searching VIN for drug information, select the Drug Resources filter to limit your search to information from Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, the NACA Formulary, COMPAS MSDS Sheets, the CVP Drug Label Database, the Pet Pharmacy (client handouts) and other valuable drug resources.

Find even more helpful information on the Drug Resources page in the Library.

Sharing the Love in Positively Positive Message Board Threads
Need a pick-me-up? Read these threads where VINners share their positive interactions with clients, patients, and colleagues.

Take a moment to stop by these threads in the Professional Motivators folder and share your happy experiences.

• Happy Veterinarians
• Positive Dear Client Letters
• Best Thing to Happen Today

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

• Veterinary-drugs peddler eludes justice
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Education costs, student debt top COE agenda
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• AVMA opens top job to non-veterinarians
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Hey! Dogs and cats get anaphylaxis, too
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving story:
- Is Apoquel at Costco?
- Veterinary clinic coming to Wal-Mart?

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VNS is your news service. Have an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering?
E-mail Reporters@vin.com.

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Omeprazole (Prilosec, GastroGard) revised

Texas Farm Radio

• Effects of Meals on the Horse’s Intestinal Tract

VetzInsight

• How to Lead a Cat to Water AND Make Him Drink it

Biomechanical analysis in veterinary practice
This article gives an overview of biomechanical analysis and explains the practicality and use of several means of gathering kinematic and kinetic data in the veterinary field, as well as indicating applications of their use.

Laminectomy plus Fusion versus Laminectomy Alone for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
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The cumulative rate of reoperation was 14% in the fusion group and 34% in the decompression-alone group.

Guardians' Knowledge and Husbandry Practices of Feline Environmental Enrichment
The applications of 22 environmental enrichment measures related to food/water, litter box, and space/entertainment areas were evaluated. The majority of the households studied (74.6%) had a moderately enriched environment. Hygiene-related measures were those most adopted by guardians.

Rabbit With Advanced Dental Malocclusion: Evaluation Of Radiographs
You can inform the owner that this is no "simple" case. Radical revision of the abscessed area is needed. This will be time-consuming.

Differentials For Four Year Old Betta Fish With Enlarged Coelom; Should Treatment Of Mycobacteriosis Be Attempted In Sick Fish?
There is no mycobacteriosis treatment reported in fish. Any treatment would require prolonged antibiotic use and could result in antimicrobial resistance.

Problems With Giving Long-Distance Veterinary Advice, Even To Friends Or Family
It's really tough when friends and family ask us for medical advice. You want to help, but...

Meloxicam Dosing In Rats; Use Of Analgesics In Rats And Mice
You may consider looking at the rat "Grimace Scale". It has been validated as a pain scale system for rats, as well as for mice. And there are pictures!

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AAFP Rounds
Tuesday, September 20 - 8 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, September 21 - Midnight GMT)
Join Hazel Carney, DVM, MS, DABVP (Canine & Feline), for Busting the Myths about Feline Hyperthyroidism: Information from the 2016 AAFP Guidelines for the Management of FHT.
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, September 20 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, September 21 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about new grad issues?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

How to Use VIN, Part 3
Wednesday, September 21 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, September 22 - 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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What's your craziest incidental finding?
Not quite incidental but I had a Golden retriever with a pyometria a few months ago which 'oh by the way' vomited up a corn cob that morning - emergency pyo & gastrotomy. (A month later I took out more corn cobs plus 16 inches of intestine - the owner has discussed with the dog there will not be a third time).

Book Reviews of the Week
- Pain Management for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses
- Fundamentals of Canine Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology First Edition
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
How To Feed A Horse

New Proceedings:
- 2016 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum (ACVIM 2016)
- 2016 Student American Veterinary Medical Association Symposium (SAVMA 2016)

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 which upcoming conferences VIN will be attending. Be sure to stop by the Cyber Café or any of the other VIN booths if you’re attending SWVS, Veterinary Dental Forum, ACVS, ABVP, WWVC, ACVC, ACVR/VCS, or SEVC.

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what other courses are starting soon.

Minimizing Patient Stress
November 4 - 23, 2016
Presenter(s): Meredith Stepita, DVM, DACVB (Behavior)

A staggering 52.8% of cat owners and 37.5% of dog owners report that their pet hates going to the vet. Client and patient stress, which ultimately increases our stress, has played a key role in declining veterinary visits over the last 10 years, but it doesn't have to be that way. The goal of this lecture is to empower every member of the veterinary team play to an active role in promoting patient comfort, therefore decreasing client and veterinary team stress, on a daily basis.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Canine Hyperadrenocorticism
November 25 - December 21, 2016
Presenter(s): Patty Lathan, VMD, MS, DACVIM, and Todd Archer, DVM, MS, DACVIM

This course will detail the diagnosis and medical management of canine hyperadrenocorticism. The instructors will have an overview of available options for medical management of hyperadrenocorticism, with a more detailed discussion on the use of trilostane.

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