VIN ROUNDS

Keeping Your Cool in CCU:
The Kirby Rule of 20

Sunday, November 3, 9 p.m ET
(Monday, November 4, 2 a.m. GMT)
Presented by Tony Johnson, DVM, DACVECC

EXPLORE, DISCOVER, LEARN VIN

An Overview of VIN and the Front Page
Wednesday, November 6, 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, November 7, 2:30 a.m. GMT)
Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information.

Watch/Read Recent Rounds
@ = VINCast available for download

Mitigating Stress in Aquarium Fish @ VIN/AAFV
Managing the Difficult Airway @ VIN/NAVAS
Management of Severe Trauma @ VIN/VECCS
Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease @
Staff Stress Due to Bites @

Get to the Heart of Cardiac Auscultation

Become a cardiac auscultation guru with the online version of Cardiac Auscultation and Phonocardiography.

This library of normal and abnormal cardiac sounds accompanied by explanations and phonocardiograms will refine your auscultation skills.

Buyouts alter veterinary laboratory landscape

Phoenix sells to Zoetis; Marshfield sells to Idexx

Controlled-drugs order form gets an update

Users have two years to phase out carbon-paper version of DEA Form 222

Dog Aging Project takes veterinary research in new direction

Ambitious study aims to understand, extend healthy aging in dogs

VNS is YOUR news service. Have an idea for a story?
Send it to Reporters@vin.com

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) publishes practitioner guidelines for issues that have global relevance.

The complete collection is available in the VIN Library.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

Stop by the Cyber Café and/or other VIN booths if you’re attending:

ACVO, Nov. 6-9
New York Vet, Nov. 7-8
SEVC, Nov. 7-9
ACVP, Nov. 9-13
London Vet Show, Nov. 14-15
ECEIM Congress, Nov. 20-23
Fetch West Dec. 12-15

For a complete list of future appearances, visit On the Road with VIN.

WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON VETERINARY PRACTICE OWNERSHIP?

Participate in this latest Quick Poll on the Front Page.

WHAT DO VINners USE TO DETERMINE VACCINE PROTOCOLS IN THEIR PRACTICE?
Over 70% of VINners responding to last week’s Front Page Quick Poll said they use association guidelines to determine vaccine schedules. What is your practice’s philosophy? Visit the Quick Poll Archives to read the full results and take the poll yourself.