Download an Excel copy of the calculator, then follow the instructions to find the volume of buprenorphine to be administered. This form is based on a Buprenorphine Dose Chart (Cats) created by Michael New using 0.3 mg/mL drug concentration.

Find the Feline Buprenorphine Calculator in the Calculator area of the Main Library.

VINTip on Drugs: When searching VIN for drug information, a useful trick is to click the Drug Resources tab to limit your search to information from Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, the NACA Formulary, COMPAS MSDS Sheets, the CVP Drug Label Database, the Pet Pharmacy (client handouts) and other valuable drug resources.

Find even more helpful information on the Drug Resources page in the Library.

Helping you Educate your Clients
Help your clients to be better informed pet owners with the Client Education Resources listed 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.

Stuff your Notes in your MyStuff!
Do you have notes for yourself left all over your desk, on your computer, in a notebook, or on brightly colored sticky pad paper that you use every day? Tired of trying to organize and access them easily? Give the 'Notes' feature for MyStuff on Beta.vin.com a try!

From your MyStuff, select 'Add', give it a title, and then select 'Add Notes'.

You can add a note individually or associate it with a new or not-so-new link in your MyStuff. To add a note to a MyStuff link you already have stored, select 'modify' then 'Add Notes.' You can even encrypt your notes for added security.

Please take a moment to save a Note and let us know what you think. If you have any suggestions or comments, your feedback is always appreciated!

Email feedback@vin.com or post on the message boards.

Keep an eye on this section of VIN This Week to find out what new toys you can help us perfect on Beta.vin.com.

If you want the latest and greatest and want to be on the "bleeding edge" of where VIN is going, make Beta.vin.com your VIN Homepage.

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK and discuss;
News reported for YOU...

• Search and rescue dogs show no medical, behavioral effects tied to 9/11
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• 9/11 brings first responder to ‘emotional brink’
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• U.K. pet travel regulations eliminate quarantine
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• VCA’s buy of Vetstreet raises worries about control of clinic data
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Veterinarians encounter Irene
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Complaints mount against gray-market broker WTF Wholesale
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving stories
* Default on student loan, lose veterinary license?
* Court ruling on compounding favors Franck's Pharmacy
*CDC seeks cases of secondary phosphine poisoning
*Another equipment scam suspected
*AVMA plan to address economic state of profession elicits lively response

Be a VIN newshound:
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.

Now you can follow VNS on Twitter! Send a Twitter request to receive VNS Tweets.

New and Revised Articles you can Share with your clients!

• Too Sick to be Good
• Pneumonia Management (revised)
• Pyrantel Pamoate (Strongid T, Nemex) (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• Equine Herpes Virus 1 Infection (revised)

WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines
These guidelines provide criteria with which to evaluate the animal and the diet, as well as key feeding and environmental factors. In addition, recommendations for interpretation, analysis, and action are included so that a plan for optimizing the animal's nutritional status can be instituted.

Enteritis and septicemia in a horse associated with infection by Escherichia fergusonii
Major pathologic findings were severe, acute, fibrinous, and necrotizing enteritis; severe, acute, fibrinous endocarditis; as well as multiple, hyaline thrombi in blood vessels. E fergusonii and Escherichia coli were isolated in moderate to high amounts from the intestine, the tricuspid valve, and the liver.

Gestational diabetes mellitus with diabetic ketoacidosis in a Yorkshire terrier bitch
Diabetic ketoacidosis was diagnosed and after emergency treatment, including fluid therapy, prophylactic antibiotics, and regular insulin, the bitch whelped six healthy normal puppies. Two weeks after treatment, the bitch was clinically normal with normal fructosamine levels.

Foal is unable to extend its stifles
10-day-old mini colt unable to extend either stifle. Otherwise he has no problems, able to get up and nurse, but most weight is on the forelimbs. I saw him yesterday and could not manually extend either stifle even with significant force. He was otherwise BAR, N on PE, temp was 38.2C. Both stifles were markedly thickened and there was lots of crepitance on manipulation. No obvious joint effusion was present, but forced extension did seem painful. I've never encountered anything quite like this before, maybe a sequela to bilateral septic arthritis? He's never shown any other signs of septicemia. It's not like typical contracted tendons where there is no significant joint thickening or crepitance.

What is causing the gas bubbles on this dog's abdominal radiographs?
Presented 5-year-old intact male GSD with acute abdomen. Goes to barn with owner, owner had a mare foal that morning and she suspected he had eaten the placenta. She had also had another dog require treatment for food bloat after eating a large quantity of grain. Dog would absolutely come unglued if you so much as touched his belly but he didn't look bloated. Lungs clear, not tachypneic, hr >120, pulses weak. Dripping bloody urine. Talked to owner about stones/blocked, lepto, antifreeze, bloat, food bloat, foreign body. Owner okayed sedating for rads. Knocked him out with DTK. Got rads. Offered surgery but owner's other dog had resolved with medical tx so she wanted to try that.

Owner had heartworm test done at pet store and now wants me to write prescription for preventative
I just saw a patient who requested a written Rx for heartworm preventative and presented me with a written Heartworm Negative (Idexx report) from the test taken at the pet store. How would you handle this:
A- write the script
B- tell owner to have script written by petstore vet
C- write script but charge for the Rx?

How to Use VIN: Part 2
Wednesday, September 14, 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, September 15, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Learn how to use VIN's Knowledgebase.
Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

Sunday Rounds
Sunday, September 18, 10 p.m. EDT
(Monday, September 19, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Craig Datz, DVM, DABVP, and a panel of speakers for Improve your ABVP Application Prognosis: How to Choose a Case Report.

The Week's Rounds Schedule
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions.

Want to See What You've Been Missing?

Now Hear This!
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 @.

If you've reserved time for some quiet reading, click the Rounds button on the VIN Main Navigation bar and read the transcripts of the last few Rounds. You can also browse the complete list of the last 300 Rounds transcripts or you can click on Rounds and Discussions in the VIN Library.

Rounds are also searchable via the search button. Just remember to choose Rounds (under the Clinical Resources tab) as the "Source" in your search parameters.

MyVIN is your Personal Assistant!
Your MyVIN allows you to customize your VIN experience:

• Invite and welcome your MyColleagues
• Customize what information you make available to your colleagues vs other VINners
• Keep your contact information updated
• Create your message board signature
• Renew your VIN membership
• Change your password
• Search for and contact VIN colleagues
• and much more.

Think of your MyVIN as your own personal assistant for all things VIN.

Get more from VIN
"How to Use VIN" resources:
The three-part "How to Use VIN" course can be taken live (on the first three Wednesday nights of each month), or you can do it as self study.

If you'd like to take the live sessions, e-mail Nate at Nate@VIN.com, and tell him you'd like to sign up for the How To Course.

To keep up with VIN's growth, take the time to explore the Front Page at least once a week, read the VIN This Week (VINTW) newsletter twice a week, explore the VINDEX (VIN's Front Page, right hand column or Ctrl+E on your keyboard) and click all the buttons on VIN's navigation bars.

Book Review of the Week
Principles and Practices of Veterinary Technology, Third Edition
Find it in the VIN Bookstore.
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
National Drought Mitigation Center

eVetSites Tip of the Week
New Page Type for Petsites and eCommerce

What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Pathology Case 78
Zoonotic Case 102

Associate - Updated and New:
Deafness (feline)
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: SWVS, ACVC, ACVR, WWVC, and AAZV.

Grab the casing!
I had to do an AI on a dog today. The stud was not particularly interested in the bitch according to the owner, and she was not particularly interested in standing for him. Since I don't often do AIs, I had failed to fully prepare. I realized as the male was coming into the room, that I had forgotten to bring in the sterile syringe casing for collection. Crap! Despite the owner's description of him 'not being interested,' he went straight for her! She sat down, but he was already erect. I told my assistant to QUICKLY grab the collection casing and I picked the dog up and took him away from the female. I blurted out at the dog as I was taking him out of the room, "THINK ABOUT BASEBALL!"

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

Veterinary Forensics 2011
October 5 - November 5, 2011

The course is divided into three (3) 2-hour real-time sessions. It will provide an overview on the techniques and processes involved in forensic investigation of cruelty cases, including recognition of and reporting animal cruelty, forensic examination of victims of animal cruelty (live and dead), sample collection and diagnostics, preparation of the forensic report, and working with law enforcement and the media.

Equine Dermatology: Pruritus; Crusts; Nodules, Lumps & Bumps
October 9 - November 9, 2011

The course is divided into three (3) 2-hour real-time sessions. The first session, "The Pruritic horse," will cover ectoparasites and allergies. The second session will concentrate on diseases with "Crusty lesions" caused by microbial infections and immune-mediated diseases. The third session "Nodules, Lumps & Bumps" will address conditions such as sarcoids, other neoplasia, and infectious granulomas. Emphasis will be put mainly on case presentations and updates on the management of the various diseases presented during this course.

If you're looking for more information on CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists or practice managers, visit the VSPN CE page. VSPN offers courses specifically tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VSPN members.

You can follow VIN CE and VSPN on Twitter! Simply click the "Send request" button to prompt the (VIN / VSPN) crews to accept you as a follower.

Want to keep track of your VIN Continuing Education participation?

• Go to https://www.vin.com/ce (you'll need your username/password to view your CE certificates.)

OR:

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

You'll see previous, current and upcoming course registrations, view/print your 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.