VIN consultant, Dr. Sally Lester (with videos by Dr. Joe Musielak) has created a Blood Banking Manual to help you answer this question. Thanks Sally (and Joe)!

Find the Blood Banking Manual in the Books section of the VIN Library and in the Hematology & Emergency Medicine Specialty Centers.

Cushing's Confusion?
The VIN Trilostane (Vetoryl) Dosing and Monitoring tool can help guide you through the ins-and-outs of treating the Cushingoid dog. With options for once or twice daily dosing, the simple, click-through algorithm helps you test your knowledge as well as sort out your patient's dosing, clinical signs, and bloodwork.

If you're visually inclined, you can work through your case step by step by choosing a patient size and following the quiz/flow chart through your case. Want to cut to the chase? Click on the appropriate algorithm for once or twice daily dosing.

Whether you have a case that you can't quite wrap your head around, or you just want to test your knowledge, give the Trilostane tool a try. And as always, let us know what you think!

Find it on the Calculators page of the VIN Library or in the VINDEX > Calcs./ Conversions (CTRL-E from anywhere on VIN).

Store YOUR NOTES in MyStuff!
Tired of trying to organize your mountains of paper and field of computer files? Try out the 'Notes' feature for MyStuff on Beta.vin.com!

Select 'Add' from the MyStuff menu, title the note, and then hit "Add Notes."

Notes can be added to MyStuff alone or associated with links. To add a note to a link already stored in MyStuff, select 'modify' then 'Add Notes'. You can even encrypt notes for added security.

Keep an eye on this section of VIN This Week to learn about the latest toys on Beta.vin.com.

If you want to be on the "bleeding edge" make Beta.vin.com your VIN Homepage.

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

• Are pet drugs like contact lenses?
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• FDA poised to tighten oversight of therapeutic pet foods
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Veterinarians recount Pentagon 9/11 search and rescue
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• When clinical practice doesn’t fit
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Veterinarians recount ordeals with major lender
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Novartis pleads with veterinarians: 'Save us a spot'
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving stories
* Anticipated return of chemical castrator renews debate
* Overcoming disabilities

Be a VIN newshound:
VIN News Service (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!

• Have a Plan for your Pet in Case Something Happens to you
• Ectopic Ureter (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• Fluphenazine: Dangerous Reactions in Horses (revised)

ANIMALicious - LIKE ANIMALicious on Facebook!

• Big Choices, Big Money
• Creepy Crawlies

Composition and use of puppy milk replacers in German Shepherd puppies in the Netherlands
The aim of the study was to investigate whether German Shepherd puppies raised on milk replacers receive more calcium and/or vitamin D than their requirements in the pre-weaning period and thus are at increased risk of developing skeletal diseases.

Evidence of an oncogenic gammaherpesvirus in domestic dogs
Here we report the detection of serological responses against EBV capsid antigens in healthy dogs and dogs with spontaneous lymphoma and that dogs with the highest antibody titers have B cell lymphoma.

External coaptation of rostral mandibular fractures in calves
Six cases of rostral mandibular fracture with considerable displacement were treated successfully by external coaptation. Four cases were simple and two were compound fractures.

Giant kidney worm in a dog in Ireland
If I heard about a dog in Ireland having a giant kidney worm, I'd reckon that someone was pulling my leg. So, I thought I should pass this on for archival purposes.

Are research articles biased?
The reality about data from research is that it is complex -- and analyzing it is a fiddly business. It is possible for 2 statistical tests to reach opposite conclusions and for statisticians to disagree about which one is the better test to use. If you are open about ambivalence, reviewers will accuse you of being hazy or confusing the reader. If you state one or other of the results, then you might be concealing important data. There is endless opportunity for someone who genuinely cares about getting it right to get it wrong.

What is the recommended percentage for carbohydrates in cat food?
The BalanceIT website has a guaranteed analysis convertor. You plug the label values and you get the percentage of protein, fat, and carbohydrates on an energy basis.

Employee's husband making comments on Facebook: Should we do anything?
The law is evolving on this front, and frankly has not really kept up with society and technology. At the moment, I would ...

VIN/VSPN Rounds
Sunday, September 30, 9:00 p.m. EDT
(Monday, October 1, 1 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP (feline) for Trimming the Tub from Tabby: A Whole Team Approach to Obesity Management in the Cat.
* This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test.

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

Want to See What You've Been Missing?

• Dog Parks & Doggie Daycare Interim
• VNS Behind the Curtain @
• Before Closing on Practice Purchase @
• Conflict of Interest
• Why Cats Attack Humans @
• Snake & Spider Envenomations @ VIN/VECCS
• Toxicology Internet Rumors @

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 @.

Use MyVIN to build your MyColleagues list
The Colleagues tool in MyVIN allows you to communicate with, and get to know, your fellow VIN members outside of discussions on the VIN Message Boards.

Use the Search option to find other VIN members by their name and location. You can then invite them to be added to your MyColleagues list so you can share information with each other. You can also use MyVIN to email a fellow VINner even if they haven't shared their email address on their VIN profile.

This help document will show you how to use MyColleagues to build a list of VIN contacts.

REMEMBER! VIN does not send unsolicited files attached to email.
For your protection, never download attached files unless:

• You requested them; and
• Your up-to-date anti-virus program says they are clean.

Hackers are always finding new ways to hide worms and viruses in email messages that appear to be legitimate. Be aware, take care! Learn more about email viruses, hoaxes, phishing and hyperlink safety.
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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
Anthology of Biosafety XII: Managing Challenges for Safe Operations of BSL-3/ABSL-3 Facilities
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Gross Anatomy

eVetSites Tip of the Week
Uploading Images

What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Ophthalmology Fun 152 - Opened 9/10
Zoonosis Brain-Teaser 125 - Opened 9/10
Pathology Brain-Teaser 102 - Opened 9/10

VIN Show-Me-How Video:
Fine-Tune Your Message Board Search Results

Associate - Updated and New
Whipworms in dogs (revised)
Whipworms in cats (new)
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: ACVC, Wild West, ACVR/VCS and AAZV.

Life is Tough
Some first-year vet students were attending their first anatomy class, with a real dead cow. They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet.

The professor started the class by telling them, 'In Veterinary Medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor: The first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the animal body.' For an example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the butt of the dead cow, withdrew it and stuck it in his mouth. 'Go ahead and do the same thing,' he told his students.

The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes. But eventually took turns sticking a finger in the anal opening of the dead cow and sucking on it.

When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, 'The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention. Life's tough; it's even tougher if you're stupid.'

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

Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases: Remembering the Zebras
September 26-November 17, 2012

This basic course will be open to veterinarians with an interest in major exotic and emerging animal diseases.

Veterinary Acupuncture - Fundamental Principles
October 30-December 14, 2012

This course is designed to provide veterinarians with detailed information on a simple and logical way to grasp the fundamental principles of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and veterinary acupuncture.

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.