Description

Tips and tidbits to help the cat with matters pertaining to the gastrointestinal tract: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a term used as a catch-all diagnosis which leads to less than optimal therapeutic results in some patients. If we understand more specifically what it IS that we are treating, we can be more effective in helping our patients. Small cell lymphoma often overlaps with “IBD”. We will also look at feeding the vomiting cat, weight loss, ill-thrift, inappetance, sarcopenia, gall bladder disease, cholecystocentesis, and feline gastrointestinal eosinophilic sclerosing fibroplasia (FGESF).

Learning Objectives

• Recognize the diagnostic and therapeutic implications of the overlap in IBD and small cell lymphoma
• Understand the importance of enteral nutrition in the cat
• Consider gallbladder diseases as a differential
• Come up with a strategy to best address muscle and weight loss
• Place an esophageal feeding tube