Description

Feline Chronic Enteropathy Synopsis Chronic enteropathy is a common clinical presentation in our feline patients and frequently occurs in combination with inflammatory hepatic and pancreatic disease. This webinar will discuss the typical presentation of these cases, a logical approach to diagnostics and how to approach treatment based on clinical severity. We will also discuss how to choose an appropriate diet, when and how to obtain gastrointestinal biopsies and which immunosuppressant medications we might consider and at what time. Learning Objectives 1. To recognise the typical presentation of chronic enteropathy in cats, the different sub-types based on response to therapy and possible complications of this disease. 2. To use and interpret clinicopathological testing to exclude extra-gastrointestinal causes and characterise the extent and severity of gastrointestinal disease. 3. To use appropriate diagnostic tests in order to explore concurrent hepatic, biliary or pancreatic disease. 4. To select appropriate diets for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes and to select appropriate immunosuppressants at the correct time. 5. To decide how and when to take biopsies of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas.