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The Veterinary Support Personnel Network is for veterinary support staff working with, for, or in the field of veterinary medicine, under the direction of a licensed veterinarian. Membership in VSPN is free. In order to have access to all of VSPN's community features including message boards, chats, and CE, you will need to register (click on the REGISTER button on the left side of this screen).

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This week in VSPN:


Mark these interactive sessions on your calendar! To attend please go to the VSPN Chat/Rounds room (unless otherwise noted).


Friday, March 5, 2010; 10pm ET (USA) (Saturday, March 6, 2010; 2am GMT/UTC)
  Friday Open Chat: Join Charlotte for an open chat about anything you would like to discuss with fellow VSPN members.

Sunday, March 7, 2010; 8pm Mountain Time (USA)
  Wyoming Veterinary Technician Association meeting in the VSPN Meeting room.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010; 11am ET (USA) (Wednesday, March 10, 2010; 3pm GMT/UTC)
  How to Navigate VSPN: Christine will be ready to give you this day time tour of VSPN!

Friday, March 12, 2010; 9pm ET (USA) (Saturday, March 13, 2010; 1am GMT/UTC)
  Student Chat: Ready for spring break? Join Charlotte and your fellow vet tech students for this open chat.

Friday, March 12, 2010; 10pm ET (USA) (Saturday, March 13, 2010; 2am GMT/UTC)
  Practice Management Chat: Join Cindy to discuss issues encountered in the practice management position.

Monday, March 15, 2010; 7pm ET (USA) (Monday, March 15, 2010; 11pm GMT/UTC)
  How to Navigate VSPN: Jennifer is on deck to give you a personal tour of VSPN!

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FROM YOUR MESSAGE BOARDS
 VSPN Get Together at VNCA Conference (Australia)
 Post-op pain
 Sudden onset of crate anxiety
 Extractions - during prophy or later?
 Ear cytology - bacteria +++++/A>
 
Pemphigus
 Dealing with stress at emergency hospital
 Reporting work related animal bites
 Screech owl echocardiogram normals
 Stool softener for diabetic feline
 Feline drug reaction
 78 days post breeding and no puppies
 Ear cleaner recommendation
 Joint disease diets
 Cat weight loss plan
 Education for veterinary hospital manager positions
 Tonopen technique
 Interventional radiology
 Enhanced nursing care
 Autoclave testing question
 Ingested plants that cause feline anemia
 Choice of thermometers for small animals
 Job termination
 Turkey head tilt

FROM THE VIN NEWS SERVICE
 Accreditation under fire in veterinary medicine
     Message Board Discussion

ABSTRACT OF THE WEEK
 Hypophosphatemia in cats after renal transplantation.
Eighty-six cats were identified. Hypophosphatemia occurred in 32 cats (37%), with a median onset of 2 days and median duration of 4 days. Treatment was initiated in 48 (56%) of hypophosphatemic cats. Survival and hemolysis frequency was not significantly different between groups, and no risk factors were identified.

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
 Small Ruminant Clinical Diagnosis And Therapy and more...

BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK
 Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, Sixth Edition (Review by VSPN's Oreta Samples)

RECENT HANDOUTS / ROUNDS HIGHLIGHTS:
 Emergency Case Rounds
 Ask NAVTA rounds with the NAVTA board

VIN/VSPN CE courses available for registration:


For more information on Continual Education courses you can take online, please see the VIN/VSPN CE course listings at the top of the CE page.

Test this brand new VSPN feature:


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VSPN This Week

Have you taken a VIN/VSPN Continual Education course in the last few years? If so, the VIN/VSPN Continual Education Team needs your feedback about Course Navigation Tools - what worked, what didn't, and what we could do better. Please take this short survey (it should take less than 5 minutes to complete) to share your thoughts about VIN/VSPN CE and help us improve the experience of CE online. Thanks for your time!

Check out our shining faces on the VSPN Team bios - if you haven't "seen" our team recently, take a gander by clicking on the VSPN Team link to the left of Nanette's column on the VSPN main page.

Welcome:
North-West University Animal Health Technology students in South Africa

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VSPN Notebook® version 3.0
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Sincerely,
Nanette Walker Smith
M.Ed., RVT, CVT, LVT
Nanette@VSPN.org
VSPN Content Director

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