A conversation with Cat the Vet: What’s new in chronic Kidney Disease?

Join our director and Internal Medicine Specialist, Scott Kilpatrick, as he discusses chronic kidney disease (CKD) in feline patients. In this FREE webinar hosted by Hills Pet UK & Ireland, Scott Kilpatrick and Cat Henstridge delve into the complexities of CKD, exploring diagnosis, treatment options, and management strategies for this common condition in cats. They will also discuss key insights, including:

• Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with an altered intestinal microbiome (dysbiosis), resulting in the production of gut-derived uremic toxins that are harmful to the kidneys and have been associated with CKD progression.
• Even without obvious clinical signs in the early stages of CKD in cats and dogs, harmful uremic toxins are present.
• Controlling the amounts of high-quality/highly digestible dietary protein decreases uremic toxins compared to feeding higher protein in early CKD.
• Feeding a therapeutic renal food (Prescription Diet k/d with ActivBiome+ Kidney Defense) that contains prebiotics and betaine significantly decreases gut-derived uremic toxins and provides other benefits.”

Scott Kilpatrick

Director, Internal Medicine Specialist

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Scott graduated from Edinburgh Vet School in 2007. Initially, he worked for the PDSA, before taking a Senior Veterinary Surgeon position with Vets Now in Edinburgh in 2010. Scott started his residency in internal medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 2012 after completing a year as a Teaching Fellow in Anatomy and Physiology. He completed his residency in 2016 after finishing his Masters in the pathogenesis of canine liver disease and has since been working in referral practice. Interventional radiology is something that really interests Scott, and he spent some time in 2018, working in this area at UC Davis in California. Scott has created and delivered a Post-graduate Certificate in Small Animal Emergency Medicine in association with the University of Chester. In 2023 he was awarded Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (FRCVS) for his meritorious contribution to clinical practice.

Cat Henstridge

Veterinary Surgeon

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Cat graduated from Bristol Vet School in 2003 and has been a first opinion small animal practitioner ever since.  Her passion has always been the relationship between pet owners and vets and how we  work together to ensure the best outcomes for the animals. In addition to her clinical work, she channelled this interest by writing articles and blogs of advice for pet owners and then quickly progressed to social media as ‘Cat The Vet’, where she now shares information, highlights welfare issues, educates and promotes the profession she loves so much.