Along with most other VIN content, you can access Plumb's and several other formularies from any of your mobile devices at http://mobile.vin.com.

Want to add http://mobile.vin.com to your phone or tablet's home screen? These videos by VIN co-founder, Paul Pion, show you how.

You can also order your version 8 pocket edition or desk edition through the VIN Bookstore.

The Equine Specialty Center contains sections on:

• Anesthesia/analgesia
• Colic
• Diagnostic imaging
• Endocrinology
• Lameness
• Neonatology
• Reproduction
• and many more

You can also find links to related journals and proceedings, helpful websites and client handouts in the Center and watch numerous equine slide shows and videos.

So, don't horse around... trot on over and check it out! Find the Equine Specialty Center through the About Page for the Equine Message Board and the Specialty Centers section of the VIN Library.

The VIN Library: No Shushing Required!

Interactive Physiology Simulators
The VIN multi-media geeks and VIN consultants have developed these clinical physiology simulators to help you...

• ...challenge your understanding of the common lab tests for diagnosis of hyperadrenocorticism with the Hyperadrenocorticism (HAC) Simulator. Find the simulator in the Interactive Learning Center, Endocrinology Specialty Center and Internal Medicine-Canine Specialty Center.
• ...explore the physiological effects of acute hemorrhage, compensation mechanisms, and treatment (without getting any blood on your scrubs) with the Hemorrhage Simulator. Find it in the Interactive Learning Center of the VIN Library.

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

• Deadline nears to join pet jerky class action
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Fur loss in dogs linked to owners’ hormone use
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Student-loan advising company in trouble
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving Stories
- Shelter animal supply and demand

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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.

Share news.vin.com with non-VINners. The VIN News Service stories (without access to the community discussions) are publicly available.

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Cancer: A Cellular Delinquent

Texas Farm Radio

• Corona: A Fairly New Viral Disease

VetzInsight

• ADR: Learning from History

Echocardiographic and radiographic findings in a cohort of healthy adult green iguanas (Iguana iguana)
Echocardiography in iguanas is well tolerated without sedation and allowed both subjective evaluation and structural measurements. Valve regurgitation and great vessel mineralization were commonly observed in this cohort of apparently healthy adult iguanas.

Increased NT-proANP predicts risk of congestive heart failure in Cavalier King Charles spaniels with mitral regurgitation caused by myxomatous valve disease
The risk of CHF due to mitral regurgitation is increased in dogs with blood NT-proANP concentrations above 1000 pmol/l. Measurement of NT-proANP can be a valuable tool to identify dogs that may develop CHF within months.

Pharmacological appetite stimulation: rational choices in the inappetent cat
Although several agents have been used historically for appetite stimulation, due to potential side effects and/or lack of efficacy or predictability only cyproheptadine and mirtazapine can currently be recommended for use.

Does This Radiograph Show A Urolith Within This Dog's Bladder?
It's big for CaOx, but by shape, that's what it looks to be. And it's far too big and jagged to come out with voiding urohydropropulsion.

How Can We Give Employee Discounts While Following Tax Laws?
The government does not prevent us from providing care for our employees' pets at no charge. What it does require is for us to treat a portion of it as employee wages and to pay the appropriate taxes on it.

Sick Cat With Increased Liver Enzymes Has Ears That Start Off Standing Up In The Morning, But By The End Of The Day Are Drooping
I've seen cats who have been in a chronic catabolic state have droopy ears, but usually it's more or less the same degree of droop throughout the day.

Behavior Resources For Aggressive Amazon Parrots
It is probably unfair to label Amazon parrots as necessarily being a problem species, but there certainly are issues with learned aggression in that genus, and the problems are relatively prevalent.

Wondering how long it is until the next Rounds session? Take a look at the Rounds Countdown Clock!

Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, March 24 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, March 25 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about horses and riding? Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

Need help remembering when Rounds sessions are happening? Check out the list of ways to be reminded about VIN Rounds sessions.

Want to See What You've Been Missing?
(@ = VINcast available; R = Replay available)

• Legal Drug Use in Food Animals (R)
• Traumatic Wounds: Debridement & Closure (R) VECCS
• Advances in Canine Lymphoma Treatment Interim @ (R)
• Navigating Student Debt Repayment (R) @
• Diagnosing & Resolving Disagreements (R)@VIN/VSPN
• Analgesia for Pediatric Patients (R) AAFP
• Meeting Blood Bank Demands (R) VECCS
• Rodent Dentistry Basics @

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VIN Basic Training
If you're having trouble finding your way around VIN, taking the How-To course can help you start getting the most from your membership!

The live three-part "How To Use VIN" course is in session on the first three Wednesday nights of each month. The next series begins on Wednesday, October 1 at 9:30 p.m. ET. Drop-ins welcome!

Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

Welcome to VIN!

Book Review of the Week
Handbook of Canine and Feline Emergency Protocols
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

New Quick Poll question:
If we find a pre-existing microchip in a newly acquired pet, we __________.
Note: This is a follow-up to last weeks' question.
Visit the Archived Quick Polls page to participate in last week's Quick Poll question: What is your protocol for scanning patients for microchips?
(Look for the newest poll on the lower left side of the VIN Front Page.)

Website of the Week
Imaging Anatomy

Associate - New, Updated & Revised
Revised Canine Articles:
- Diskospondylitis
- Distemper; Vaccine Induced
- Episodic Collapse
- Facial Paralysis
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: IAAAM, Voorjaarsdagen, BSAVA, ICARE, NAVDF, and CVC Washington DC.

Expectations with Retirement
I notice that not a lot of us said that we'd like to continue practicing, even part time. Has being a veterinarian become "who you are" or is it just another job after all these years?

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

Brilliant Sanity: How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help Make You More Effective and Happier
April 5 - June 14, 2015

This course is designed to introduce mindfulness meditation to the participants and support the individual's personal practice through on-line meetings with like-minded professionals.

Back to the Basics: Small Animal Nutrition Review
June 22 - July 16, 2015

This course is intended to review basic principles of canine and feline nutrition. A nutrient review will be provided outlining important aspects of carbohydrate, lipid, protein, vitamin, and mineral physiology and metabolism.

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