The Medical FAQ on Dangerous Foods will help you educate your staff and clients about potential problems associated with feeding pets chocolate and other candies.

Some other VIN resources that will come in handy:

• Chocolate Toxicity Calculator
• Chocolate Toxicity
• Chocolate Toxicity Spreadsheet
• Feline Predispostion to Chocolate Toxicity
• Dangerous Foods
• Calculating Chocolate Toxicity
• Xylitol Toxicity

When you've finished brushing up on potentially dangerous foods, take a moment to enjoy some past Halloween memories shared by VINners (and post your own if you've got 'em!).

Educate your Clients
Help your clients to be better informed pet owners with the Client Education Resources in the VIN Library. Find even more no-cost, advertising-free, independent online information that you can trust at VeterinaryPartner.com.

The VIN Client Brochure was created as an easy way to explain to clients how being a VIN member impacts the quality of veterinary care that you provide. It also highlights the VIN client handout website, VeterinaryPartner.com, where your clients can go to learn more about a health issue concerning their pets. VIN members can order a pack of 25 brochures for FREE in the VIN Bookstore.

VIN for Mobile Devices has a NEW ADDRESS: mobile.vin.com

Upload Images to the VIN Message Boards from your Mobile Device!

The VIN Geeks and Wizards have tested on the following devices with encouraging success:

• iPad 2/3
• iPhone 3, 4(s) and 5
• Nexus 7
• Thrive
• Sony S
• Nook
• BlackBerry PlayBook

You can also take a photo and have it posted directly to the message boards from your device within seconds! Keep in mind that images taken with a mobile device are sometimes lacking in picture quality. Take care when using images posted from your mobile device in posts where you are requesting medical opinions on the message boards.

Remember, whether you're using your mobile device or your desktop, you can only attach one (1) image per post, so you'll still need to create a separate reply for each image you want to post.

As you know, new features often have bugs to work out, but early testing looks encouraging!

Read more about how to post images to Message Boards or watch this video.

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...

• ‘The Incredible Dr. Pol’ asserts innocence despite board discipline
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Regulators scrutinize arcane realm of pet drug distribution
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Veterinarians with disabilities: Practicing a full life
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Insiders lift veil on veterinary drug distribution practices
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Are pet drugs like contact lenses?
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving stories
* Anticipated return of chemical castrator renews debate

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!

• Rats can be Wonderful Pets
• Spinosad (Comfortis) revised

Texas Farm Radio

• Riding Arena Footing Materials

ANIMALicious - LIKE ANIMALicious on Facebook!

• Nature (Particularly Coyotes) May try to Eat your Pet

Evaluation of a modification of the McKinnon technique to correct urine pooling in mares
Modifying the McKinnon technique by transversely splitting the urethral fold and retracting the dorsal half helps prevent a defect from forming in the cranial portion of the extension.

Current British veterinary attitudes to the use of perioperative antimicrobials in small animal surgery
The percentage of respondents who always used antimicrobials in two surgical procedures classified according to NRC criteria as 'clean' was 25.3 per cent for removal of a 1 cm cutaneous mass and 32.1 per cent for routine prescrotal castration.

Acute phase protein levels in dogs with mast cell tumours and sarcomas
The acute phase proteins (APP) form part of a non-specific host response to inflammation. They may be induced by a range of different causes, including infection, inflammation, cancer and trauma. As they form part of the earliest response to such insults, they have potential for early identification of disease.

Any Advice On How To Price Digital Radiographs?
I have seen references suggesting a radiographic study should cost the client about three times the Exam Fee.

Treatment And Prognosis For Turtle With Severe Dog Bites (Photographs)
The prognosis will depend on what is damaged. Some of these can do surprisingly well if no important structures are damaged and all necrotic, infected material is removed.

Ohio State To Open A New Emergency And Referral Facility
Why am I upset? Because a university should teach and perform research. They do not need to set up a private for-profit hospital in the community.

Extraction Technique For The Carnassial Teeth In Dogs
When I teach wet labs, my observation is that general practitioners are so paralyzed with fear of fracturing roots that they apply such tentative pressure that there is not only no risk of fracturing the root, there is also no risk of ever getting the tooth out.

How to Use VIN: Part 2
Wednesday, October 10, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Thursday, October 11, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Learn how to use the most popular VIN features.
Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, October 14, 10 p.m. EDT
(Monday, October 15, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Paul Brazzell, DVM, for Ultrasound Machine Purchase: What to Consider when Buying an Ultrasound Machine for your Hospital.
*This is part 1 of 3. All sessions will feature audio. Take the audio readiness test before the session.

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

Want to See What You've Been Missing?

• ABVP Certification Process
• VIN Journal Club - Hypothyroidism & Insulin Sensitivity
• Trimming the Tub from Tabby @
• Dog Parks & Doggie Daycare @
• 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 @.

Continual Education
Want to learn something new while getting credit and meeting some new VINners? VIN continual education courses are unlike any CE you've ever experienced. If you need CE credits, VIN can help you meet your continual education requirements and have fun at the same time - all from the comfort and convenience of your home or office!

Experience direct interaction among instructors and fellow participants daily on the message boards and during the weekly real-time sessions. Please visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog for information on current courses.

Need Help?
Have questions about your membership? Can't find that reference you need for a tough case? Help is a click, email or phone call away! (Hint: you can find this page anytime by clicking HELP on the main VIN Navigation Bar, and then clicking on "Member Support Team" in the left hand side column.)

In addition to the Website of the Week (WOW) you'll find a plethora of links to VINners' favorite resources outside of VIN.

Browse the category list on the left side of the page and find helpful information on everything from Alternative/Holistic Medicine to Computers to Toxicology.

There's even a category just for fun stuff for those days when you could use a laugh after one of those appointments that make you want to cry.

Share your favorite website with your fellow VINners! Please be sure to include the complete site address (URL) and tell us why you like the site.
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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.

Book Review of the Week
Ophthalmology of Exotic Pets
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Wellderly Study

eVetSites Tip of the Week
Adding Alt Text in Images for SEO

What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Ophthalmology Fun 153 - Opened 9/21
Zoonosis Brain Teaser 126 - Opend 9/27
Pathology Brain-Teaser 103 - Opened 9/24

VIN Show-Me-How Video:
Edit an Image in a Thread

Associate - Updated and New
Zinc phosphide toxicosis in the cat (new) and dog (revised)
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: Wild West, ACVR/VCS and AAZV.

Sex Changes
My first two patients on my anesthesia rotation when I was a senior were a pair of Doberman sisters for OVH that were named Fred and Floyd. That was the same week that I was responsible for the anesthesia for a bunny OVH.

Bunny belonged to a graduate student in zoology who was MORTIFIED when the student in charge of the surgery called her to tell her that the bunny had dropped his testicles when he was anesthetized and did she want us to neuter him? "I'm a ZOOLOGY STUDENT! I should KNOW these things!"

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

These are the first two of four modules in the ECM (Exotic Companion Mammal) Review series. Each course focuses on a specific exotic companion mammal species, covering the medicine and disease presentations common to that species.

ECM Review Module 1 – Rabbits
January 9 - February 2, 2013

ECM Review Module 2 – Ferrets
February 6 - March 2, 2013

New Resources for VIN 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 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.

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.

Follow VIN CE and VSPN on Twitter! Click the "Send request" button to prompt the (VIN / VSPN) crews to accept you as a follower.

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