Use these resources to help your clients deal with potential hazards this Easter:

• Guide to Common Poison Emergencies
• Seasonal Safety
• Common Household Hazards
• Dangerous Foods - FAQ
• Holiday Foods and Gifts Pose Hazards for Family Pets - Rounds Handout
• Treatment Tips for Chocolate Toxicities - Discussion
• Chocolate Toxicity Calculator
• Chocolate Toxicity - Client Handout
• Xylitol Toxicity - Associate
• How to Neuter a Peep - Humor Board
• AAFP Rounds: Cats and Lilies
• Species Differences In Toxicology
• Are Easter Lilies Toxic if Ingested by Rabbits? - Discussion

Wondering just how toxic your favorite holiday foliage is? Search the ASPCA Toxic and Non-Toxic plants database to find out which plants can harm your furry friends

Find interactive case studies like these in the Interactive Learning Center (located in the Multimedia section of the VIN Library).

• Feline Diabetes Case Challenge - Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP
• Cardiology Case Studies - Mark D. Kittleson, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
• Radiology Case Studies - Allison Zwingenberger, DVM, DACVR, DECVDI, MRCVS
• Dermatology Fun - Carol S. Foil, DVM, MS, DACVD

Learning can be fun! Check out the Acute Hemorrhage Simulator, Concentration Game or Veterinary Medicine Review Flashcards under Learning Tools and Games.

Send us your feedback and let us know what you think and what tools you'd like to see added!

How to use the Message Boards: Video Tutorials
New to VIN or just need a refresher course on how to browse, search, or post to the Message Boards?

Click the movie camera icons or the Text and Video links near the upper right side of the Message Boards main page for video help with:

• Posting new messages
• Finding older posts
• Cross posting to more than one folder
• And much more...

What do you do about convicted clients?

"One of our local prisons has a program where "good" inmates are rewarded by being able to "own" a cat. Each inmate is responsible for the cat's healthcare and it's quite amazing how attentive they are to their pet. Once a year, I go into the prison to examine the cats as a group and tend to what they need. If a cat needs attention at other times, one of the guards brings the cat to the office.

These inmates are not white collar criminals or choir boys....in any sense of the word. They are murderers and molesters and drug traffickers. But man, they love their cats and go to great lengths to care for them. But neither do I usually see them once they are released as either the cats are adopted by other inmates, or they can't wait to get out of town."

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

• Dueling legislation a sore spot in horse community
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Surveys yield conflicting trends in U.S. pet ownership
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Injuries, behavioral problems linked to retractable leashes
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving story:
Are rebate programs worth the time?

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

New and Revised Articles to Share
With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Electronic Cigarettes are Toxic to Pets

Texas Farm Radio

• Exercise and Sweat in Horses (revised)

VetzInsight

• The Pet Parent Trap

Equine haemothorax
Clinical signs can include tachypnoea, dyspnoea, tachycardia, absence of bronchovesicular sounds, haemoptysis, colic, and death.

Acquisition and persistence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria isolated from dogs and cats admitted to a veterinary teaching hospital
Extended hospitalization was associated with increased risk of acquiring MDR E. coli or MRSA, although few animals acquired MRSA. It is unclear whether associations were confounded by illness severity or use of infection control measures. Additionally, MRSA of ST5, which has been associated with small animal medicine, was the most commonly acquired MRSA in this study.

Acute adverse events associated with ventral slot decompression in 546 dogs with cervical intervertebral disc disease
Adverse effects occurred in 9.9% of dogs that had ventral slot decompression, and were significantly associated with perioperative hypotension, C7-T1 disc extrusions, surgeon experience, and NSAID usage. Identification of a major postoperative adverse effect is an indication for immediate diagnostic imaging studies, as 50% of dogs experiencing major adverse effects required reoperation.

Does Your Shelter Use Age Cutoffs For Pet Adoptions?
We don't have specific age cutoffs at my current shelter. For us, it's always a combination of age, health, behavior, breed, time of year, etc.

Macaw With Excessive Consumption Of Pomegranate And Orange Juice
If this bird is particularly motivated to want to work for these juices, we would shift the bird into a target training regime, where he is progressively trained to do things in order to receive juice reinforcement from a syringe. This would accomplish two things...

Deciding If An Alpaca Needs Deworming; Fenbendazole Dosing
FAMACHA is a wonderful program, but it relies on the owner's willingness to get rid of animals that don't clear parasites effectively. Most camelid owners don't want to do this. Looking at the conjunctiva is a great way to figure out who has problems, but it's the follow-up that makes the program effective.

Tuesday, April 15 - 9:30 p.m. ET - Venting over a Venti
Need to vent? Michele Gaspar, DVM, DABVP, MA, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

Wednesday, April 16 - 9:30 p.m. ET - How to Use VIN Part 3
Join the VIN Representative Committee to learn how to get more out of your VIN experience. Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

Sunday, April 20 - NO ROUNDS
Spring is in the air! Celebrate Easter or the Spring holiday of your choice.

Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock
Use the links above or click the Rounds button in the main navigation bar to join these discussions.

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My Goof
Monday night my husband and I are in bed, reading our Nooks (boring electronic couple) and he says, "Wow. Yukon won over Kentucky in the NCAA playoffs." (You see where this is going?) I'm only half listening and respond, "Huh, I didn't even know Yukon had a basketball team." He looks at me and says, "No. U-C-O-N-N. University of Connecticut."

Not much into college sports, but even I should have known that.

Book Review of the Week
Exam Room Communication for Veterinarians: The Science and Art of Conversing With Clients
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

From the Student Center
Skills for a New (and not so new) Grad

eVetsites Tip of the Week
URL Slugs and SEO

Website of the Week
American Association of Suicidology

From the VIN Library
First Aid Presentations Bank
By Tony Johnson, DVM, DACVECC, and Larry Helm, DVM

From the FAQs
* I forgot to bookmark an article I saw on the Front Page yesterday. How can I find it?
* What is the VINDEX?

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: Voorjaarsdagen, CVC, IAAAM, and AVA.

Use MyCE to track your past, present and future continual education participation :

• Log into VIN and click CE on the main navigation bar. Click the yellow MyCE banner.

OR:

• Log into VIN and click on MyVIN > Stuff > MyCE.

You can view your previous, current and upcoming course registrations, view/print your VIN CE certificates and keep track of credits you've earned.

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

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

Basics of Exotic Companion Mammal Pharmacology
April 30 - June 27, 2014

This course will cover the basic application of pharmacological principles to common exotic companion mammal applications.

Reptile and Amphibian Diseases
May 5 - May 22, 2014

Recognizing the common diseases seen in reptiles and amphibians will aid in developing differential diagnosis when presented with these animals in practice.

Get detailed help on How to Enroll in a VIN CE Course.

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 days and times each week for your convenience:

• Tues. afternoons 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
• Weds. evenings 10:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET
• Thurs. evenings 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET

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.