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VTW May 23, 2017: It's ACVIM Time Again!
Published: May 22, 2017
Laura Schwartz

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

 
 

IT'S ACVIM TIME AGAIN!

If you are attending, we hope to see you at the VIN breakfast where we can all get together, catch up, meet new friends, and share stories.


You'll also learn what's new, some VIN tips and tricks, and see how VIN is helping our colleagues face challenges. 

 

What: VIN Community breakfast - free for all VINners - and their guests!
When: Saturday, June 10 at 6:30am -- yes, it's early, but worth it!
Where: Gaylord National, Ballroom Level, Potomac 5 & 6

Details & Map

 

Thanks for being a citizen of the VIN Community (a VINner)! We look forward to seeing you at ACVIM.

 

 

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK

Budding veterinary programs battle on

To new veterinarians: How to simplify loan repayment

Evolving stories:

- Trials and travails with digital X-ray company

- Practicing as expatriates

 

 

UPCOMING ROUNDS
* = Session will feature audio. Take the Rounds Readiness test.

Venting over a Venti

Tuesday, May 23, 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, May 24, 1:30 a.m. GMT) 

 

VIN Rounds - NO ROUNDS

Sunday, May 28

The U.S. celebrates Memorial Day this weekend.


See what Rounds are happening next week -- take a look at the Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock.

 

 

CLINICAL UPDATES FROM THE JOURNALS

A Carbohydrate Sulfotransferase-6 (CHST6) Gene Mutation is Associated with Macular Corneal Dystrophy in Labrador Retrievers

All six Labrador Retrievers (LR) affected with MCD were homozygous for the mutant allele, while 140/151 control LR were homozygous for the wild-type allele, and 11/151 were heterozygous for the mutation, indicating an association with MCD.

Social Rearing Environment Influences Dog Behavioral Development

Those environmental variables that appeared most important were social in nature. Dogs were scored as higher in energy level, excitability, and distractibility if they had been raised in a home with children, lower on energy level and distractibility the more experience...

Treatment of Zinc Toxicosis in a Dog with Chelation Using D-Penicillamine

On day 9 after initial presentation, the hematocrit and platelet values were within normal limits and the serum zinc concentration had gone from 1845.12 µg/dL to 280.16 µg/dL.

 

CONTINUAL EDUCATION

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT:

Senior Pet Behavior
May 28 - June 14, 2017
Presenter(s): Meredith Stepita, DVM, DACVB (Veterinary Behaviorist)

 

Veterinary Dentistry for the General Practitioner, Module 1
May 29 - July 6, 2017
Presenter(s): Steve Holmstrom, DVM, DAVDC

 

Visit the CE Participant Resource Center to learn more about how VIN CE Works!

BEST LAID PLANS...

ER in Real Life

Anyone who has ever worked in the trenches knows that in real life things in the ER rarely go as planned. We want to present some cases we have seen recently in our specialty hospital that are notable either because the diagnosis was very interesting, or because the case did not go as planned...
We will present the case as it played out and make the discussion as interactive as this format allows.  
 
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