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On the IVIS Home Page - Friday, January 27, 2012

Cartoon Caption Contest

See the selected captions for the cartoon featured in December. Click on the image to enlarge. Compose a caption for the cartoon below and submit your entry. Captions will be accepted until Feb. 1st. Meet the cartoonist.

The mention "PF 2012" on this cartoon is derived from French words "Pour Féliciter" ("To congratulate"),
no longer used in France but maintained in Czech and Slovak societies.
This mention can mean either "Happy New Year" or "Best Wishes" !

Recent Additions

Liver Biopsy by J. Schumacher, H.D. Moll
Enteral Nutrition by E.M. Mazzaferro
Metabolism and Nutrition of the Surgical Patient by E.M. Mazzaferro
Latin American Veterinary Conference (LAVC) - 2011 - Lima, Peru.

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On-Line Courses

Cornerstones of Compliance (Lifelearn). Cornerstones of Compliance authored by Dr. Robin Downing, is an engaging interactive educational experience that is fully narrated and includes case scenarios with video, text, interactive exercises and more. Veterinary practices will develop more effective team work by learning new forms and styles of communication. The program encourages the development of a culture of high quality care and compassion, that is able to produce the financial rewards veterinary practices need and deserve. Register now. View the on-line courses catalogue.

Veterinary Travel Calendar

Jan. 2012 in Kauai, USA - AAEP
Feb. 2012 in Bologna, Italy - SIVE
Apr. 2012 in Amsterdam, Netherlands - EVC
May 2012 in New Orleans, USA - ACVIM
Jun. 2012 in Jeju, Korea - IPVS
Jul. 2012 in Whistler, Canada - ISCFR
Aug. 2012 in San Diego, USA - AVMA
Sep. 2012 in Birmingham, UK - BEVA
Oct. 2012 in Barcelona, Spain - SEVC
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Image of the Week

Horse chestnuts. From: Aesculus by A.P. Knight. In: Knight A.P. (Ed.). A Guide to Poisonous House and Garden Plants.

Topic of the Week

Snake Medicine: Every week, IVIS brings together reviews, in-depth and how-to papers available in the IVIS Books and Proceedings Library.

Today's PubMed Search

Ruminants. In: Veterinary Quarterly. PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. To check an alternative animal group or journal for recent publications, use our Quick-Links to PubMed Abstracts.

Top Hits of Last Month

Neurological Examination. A. De Lahunta. In: Companion and Exotic Animal Parasitology, C.H. Vite and K.G. Braund (Eds.)

Methods. B.F. Feldman and C.A. Sink. In: Practical Transfusion Medicine, Feldman B.F. and Sink C.A. (Eds.).

Renal Biopsy. J. Schumacher and H.D. Moll. In: A Manual of Equine Diagnostic Procedures, Schumacher J. and Moll H.D. (Eds.).

News

WSAVA, Jan. 17, 2012 /IVIS - WSAVA Global Pain Council Aims to Raise Standards of Pain - The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has launched a Global Pain Council (GPC) to raise the standard of pain management in small animals. [...] Click here to read more.

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Animal Disease Factsheet of the Day

Brucellosis (Human). Today’s Center for Food Safety and Public Health's Factsheet covers the etiology, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of Brucellosis (Human). Visit our Factsheet Index to access related images or other Factsheets. For "Fast Facts", clients handouts, more, visit the CFSPH.

Meet the Author

S. L. Deem , DVM PhD Dipl ACZM, Washington, DC, USA. Capture and Immobilization of Free-living Jaguars (Panthera onca) by S. L. Deem. Other publications by S. L. Deem.

Quote of the Day

…some quadrupeds show their intelligence by dreading the operation which most veterinary surgeons regard with complacency.—Edward Mayhew (1813-1868), British veterinarian

Equine Disease Quarterly

Horse-Related Human Injuries. From the Maxwell H.Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

USP Veterinary Drug Monograph of the Week

Aminopenicillins. From the USP Veterinary Pharmaceutical Information Monographs.

Cartoon of the Week

Recent Proceedings on IVIS

LAVC
Latin American Veterinary Conference - 2011 - Lima, Peru. View table of contents.

Congreso Ecuatoriano de Especialidades Veterinarias - CEEV - Quito, Ecuador. View table of contents.

AAVPT
Biennial Symposium of the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics - 2011 - Madison, WI, USA. View table of contents.

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