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VIN Mentor: Visual Procedures Manual
Mentor offers narrated videos and pictures of complete medical procedures with step-by-step instructions, accompanying materials lists, and enough information to help you perform the procedures with success.

New Chapter:

• Laceration Repair & Penrose Drain Placement

Curent sections include:

• Internal Medicine
• Emergency Procedures
• Nutrition
• Dermatology
• Surgery
• Cardiology

You can also print a PDF and take it with you as you perform each procedure.

To suggest a procedure or contribute your own videos, please email Tony@vin.com.

Veterinary Considerations for Ebola Virus Outbreaks - FAQ for your Clients
Recently, this Medical FAQ was created to help answer some of the questions you and your clients may have.

Because many VINners requested a version that could be shared with clients, it's also available as a client information sheet on the VIN Client Education site, www.VeterinaryPartner.com.

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

• Fending off a riot
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• USDE staff heeds 800-plus complaints against AVMA COE
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• UK officials unveil major effort to study veterinary workforce
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Massachusetts veterinarians must report animal abuse
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• First canine Ebola quarantine met with good luck
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving Stories
- Tractor Supply Co. moves deeper into pet realm
- Nonprofits and private practice: Easing the tension

The VIN News Service (VNS) is here to give you a voice and to report news that is important to you. Have an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering? Email News@vin.com.

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Obese or "Pleasantly Plump" Horses

Texas Farm Radio

• Return to Performance in Horses after Colic Surgery (revised)

VetzInsight

• Why ‘The Miracle of Life’ may not be the Best at-home Science Project

Association between excess body weight and urine protein concentration in healthy dogs
Markedly overweight people can develop progressive proteinuria and kidney failure secondary to obesity-related glomerulopathy (ORG). Glomerular lesions in dogs with experimentally induced obesity are similar to those in people with ORG. Clinicopathologic abnormalities consistent with ORG were absent from overweight/obese dogs in this study.

Topiramate in the management of feline idiopathic ulcerative dermatitis in a two-year-old cat
Remission was obtained within 4 weeks and has been maintained over a 30 month period with topiramate (5 mg/kg orally twice daily). Attempts to withdraw this therapy led to relapse within 24 hours on two occasions.

Tibial osteomyelitis caused by Rhodococcus equi in a mature horse
Rhodococcus equi was isolated from the tibia, subcutaneous abscess, and from a pectoral abscess.

Detailed Tips On Dealing With Clients Who Can't Or Won't Pay
If the owner can't/won't pay, I write a prescription for necessary medications and have animal control follow up if necessary. Then it's the owner's responsibility.

Osteomyelitis Suspected As The Cause Of The Radiographic Lesions Seen In This Cat's Femur And Carpus
There was a midshaft periosteal reaction of the femur in August. Now the whole femur is sclerotic, probably with a circumferential, continuous periosteal reaction on the whole bone.

The Pedestrian Evacuation Analyst For Disaster Planning; Vulnerable Populations And Disaster Planning
The Social Vulnerability Index can help local officials identify communities that may need support in preparing for hazards, or recovering from disasters.

Diagnostics And Prevention Techniques For A Dog That Has Possible Hunting Dog Hypoglycemia
It is important for these dogs to be conditioned properly prior to hunting season. Carbohydrate loading prior to exercise may help prevent hypoglycemic episodes.

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Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, December 9 - 9:30 p.m. ET
Need to vent about things that bug you? Michele Gaspar, DVM, DABVP, MA, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

VIN Rounds
Sunday, December 14 - 9 p.m. ET
Join Noa Safra DVM, PhD, for Stepping Stones: Using Genetics to Better Understand Canine Urate Urolithiasis.
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(@ = VINcast available; R = Replay available) Complicated Corneal Ulcers

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Prime Pork
My daughter, whose more than slightly warped, was watching a show talking about the benefits of organic and free range animals over regular management systems. She suggested to me that we should get several young pigs, mark each pig the numbers 1,2, 3, 5, and 7 and turn them loose. That way when we were asked where 4 and 6 were, we could claim to only be raising prime pork. I thought the idea was funny enough to hopefully brighten the day for others.

Book Review of the Week
Dogfish Anatomy & Dissection Guide
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Website of the Week
Disaster Recovery Playbook

From the VIN Library
Common Small Animal Diagnoses: An Algorithmic Approach

Upcoming Conferences
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NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
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Equine Behavior
February 4 - 28, 2015

This course covers normal equine behavior and learning abilities while introducing some of the science of ethology and learning theory. We look at how the equine brain deals with anxiety and fear and why these emotions stop the horse learning - one reason why horses seem to get stuck on one course of behavior.

NAVLE® Review and Preparation
February 6 - April 8, 2015

Organized by species, each Real Time Session will highlight the "Top 20" diseases and conditions encountered by practitioners in the U.S. and Canada. All Real Time Sessions will include multiple-choice questions similar to those that candidates will encounter on the NAVLE®.

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