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Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday!
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, November 6, 2016, at 2 a.m. in the USA, except in Arizona and Hawaii. See if and when it applies in your neck of the woods. Remember to move your clocks back 1 hour!

As of Sunday, November 6, VIN time will be GMT -5 hours (e.g., 8 a.m. GMT = 3 a.m. VIN time).

To help get you started, VIN Attorney Raphael Moore, JD, LLM, presented a rounds that explains the model contract in simple terms. You can read the transcript or listen to the session.

Those who have used it say it helped them work through the details without creating feelings of adversity between employer and employee.

You'll find a link to the VIN Foundation Library in the Practice Management and Misc. sections of the Main library.

Client Handouts for Common Emergencies
VINner Catherine Ashe, DVM, provided these informative client handouts for you to print out or download. Thanks, Catherine!

• Congestive Heart Failure
• C-Section
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Dog/cat Fight Wounds
• Enucleation Surgery
• Foreign Body Surgery
• Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus
• Hemoabdomen
• Pyometra
• Shock/Trauma: Treatment and Diagnostics
• Snakebite
• Urethral Obstruction of Male Cats (“blocked cat”)

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

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

• Texas regulators suspend Lindsey’s license
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• Ex-Banfield leaders buy practices as ‘LegacyVet’
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• Veterinary clinic opens at a Florida Wal-Mart
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Evolving story:
- Aggressive pets: balancing safety, service and learning
- Cannabis for canines: availability, research, legal status

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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

• Heartworm: The Parasite (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• The Ethics of Altering a Horse’s Tail

VetzInsight

• Don't Feed the Wildlife

Hydrocortisone in the management of acute hypoadrenocorticism in dogs: a retrospective series of 30 cases
Intravenous hydrocortisone infusion and fluid therapy for the management of acute hypoadrenocorticism is associated with a rapid resolution of hyperkalaemia and is well tolerated with few adverse effects. Regular electrolyte monitoring is required to ensure that rapid increases in sodium concentration are avoided.

Priming professionals for a complex communication environment: Findings from a pilot study
Factors such as time pressure, distractions, and profession-specific jargon can contribute to poor communication in complex working environments such as healthcare. Technical solutions are often sought to improve patient care when simple improvements in communication would suffice.

Urolithiasis in chinchillas: 15 cases (2007 to 2011)
There was recurrence of cystic calculi following cystotomy in 5/10 animals and median time to recurrence was 68 days (range: 19 to 440 days). Median survival time in chinchilla with urolith recurrence was 391 days (range: 74 to 1074 days) following initial diagnosis.

Ultrasound Recommended For Locating Foxtail Foreign Bodies In Dogs
If you deal with foxtails, you know that once they are gone the problem goes away. There is a recent paper using intraoperative U/S to help find them. In some of those, external U/S found them, but not all.

Cockatiel With Recurring Seizures And Broken Tail Feathers
You could try Levetiracetam. This is well tolerated in most birds. The dose and frequencies may need escalation, based on differences in species and individuals, and drug levels should be monitored.

Differentiating Between Food Allergies And Atopy; Drug Therapy For Atopic Dogs
For food allergies, lab tests are not any good and we have to rely on the diet trial. For environmental allergies in dogs, the skin test is the preference if the owner will go for referral; however, you can get a good response to immunotherapy based on serum testing, as well.

Chickens With Respiratory Disease; How Much Water Do Chickens Normally Drink?
On average, a chicken will drink between 1 and 2 cups of water per day, depending on temperature, humidity, health status, etc.

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VIN/VSPN Rounds
Sunday, November 6 - 9 p.m. ET
(Monday, November 7 - 2 a.m. GMT)
Join Susan P. Cohen, DSW, for What to do about Holiday Blues.
Invite your entire team to attend! Your support staff can access the session on VSPN.
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Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, November 8 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, November 9 - 2:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about student issues?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

How to Use VIN, Part 2
Wednesday, November 9 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, November 10 - 2:30 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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Want to See What You've Been Missing?
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• Getting a Handle on FIP Journal Club
• Anatomy in 3D Interim
• Feeding Tubes VIN/VECCS (R)
• Cataract Confusion Clarified @ (R)
• Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disorders @ (R)
• IVDD Dogs with No Deep Pain: Does Delay in Surgery Affect Prognosis? Journal Club (R)
• Rule of 20 @ (R)
• Team Training: Reducing Errors & Improving Morale VIN/VECCS (R)

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Websites of the Week
Basic Nutrient Requirements For Beef Cows

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What action (if any) would you MOST LIKELY take if a client intentionally left your clinic without paying for services provided?

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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 and/or other VIN booths if you’re attending ECEIM or ACVP/ASVCP.

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
To see what other courses are currently open for enrollment, browse the Course Catalog on the CE Main Page.

Principles of Medicine
February 2 - March 19, 2017
Presenters: Katherine James, DVM, PhD, DACVIM; Linda Kidd, DVM, PhD, DACVIM;
Kathy Freeman, DVM, BS, MS, PhD, DECVCP, FRCPath, MRCVS; Stefanie Klenner, Dr.med.vet., DECVCP; Peggy L. Schmidt, DVM, MS, DACVPM

The second of six modules in the Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination review series, this course is designed to cover the pathophysiological basis of disease in small animals based on pathophysiological and discipline-specific concepts. Clinical examples will be used to illustrate these concepts. Focus will be on clinical decision making and the diagnostic process including problem-oriented clinical reasoning, the assessment of laboratory data, and an introduction to evidenced-based medicine. This module together with the first module Pathological Basis of Disease are designed to prepare the participant for the organ system-based modules. The course can be used as a portion of the preparation for the ABVP Core examination, but it is not designed as a test-preparation course.

Systems A: Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review
April 27 - July 2, 2017
Presenter(s): TBA

The third of six modules in the Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination review series, this course is designed to cover the pathophysiological basis of disease in small animals based on pathophysiological and discipline-specific concepts. Clinical examples will be used to illustrate these concepts. The Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review series of courses may be used as a comprehensive review for the ABVP examination for small animals.

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