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    Replying to Ornella R. 04/04/2023 - 13:41

    Hello Ornella.

    1- If you were going for biopsies, I must admit I would try and biopsy as much of the GI tract as possible for completeness. FMT has not been demonstrated specifically in cases of T. foetus but I would think about using it in very refractory cases. FMT would be interesting, does this work in cats with T.foetus? I am sure VN in Manchester would be able to facilitate it. I would also consider Chestergates or NW Referrals. Where do you normally refer? I will pop on a separate post about the fecal transplant protocol.

    2-I think the honest answer is… we don’t know. Some studies support Fortiflora, but only in very specific conditions. Fortiflora is generally a good option in cats, but in more refractory chronic enteropathies I would always try Vivomixx. I will share the dosing chart for Vivomixx again. How long depends on the patient, I have used long-term in some patients if they respond well and relapse when the probiotic is stopped. I would do a minimum of 4 weeks in chronic cases. Regarding endoscopy, I always do diet, wormer, and probiotics before discussing endoscopy. I like to do endoscopy before steroids, but if you have done as much as you can and owners are not up for steroids, it would not be unreasonable to try them.

    3- Great question! I must admit, I only tend to use clopidogrel in PLE cases when the albumin is below 20 g/l. Having said that… most of the ones I see are below 15 g/l! We probably should be using it more! Could you share the paper you mentioned?

    Hope that helps.

    Scott πŸ™‚

    scott@vtx-cpd.com
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    Replying to Sarah Benzie 07/04/2023 - 19:27

    Hello Sarah!

    What a joy to see you here. Thank you so much for joining the course!!!! I love the idea of wellbeing plans too! Steph, in your lecture you seemed to use a framework for these wellbeing plans. Are there templates avaiable for us to construct a wellbeing plan?

    Thanks again!

    Scott πŸ™‚

    scott@vtx-cpd.com
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    Replying to Ana-Alexandra S. 14/04/2023 - 00:47

    Hello Ana!

    Hope you are well. I really hope you have been enjoying the course.

    When you say “for this one in particular”, did you mean in a particular case?

    Scott πŸ™‚

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    Replying to Jessica Wilson 12/04/2023 - 13:29

    Hey.

    This is a great question! Can you remember how you were measuring this in-house? There were some issues with the in-house IDEXX cortisol. There is an old (OLD) SNAP readerΒ and an old SNAPshot made by IDEXX. Neither of these are available at the moment so there are currently no in-house cortisol options for IDEXX. Neither of these machines are on sale, so if they have one, they can order consumables, if they don’t have the machine, they can’t get one because they were discontinued.Β These tests have some limitations, including a significant positive bias, so not great for Addison’s.

    Let me know which test you were thinking of.

    Scott πŸ™‚

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    Replying to Helen S. 13/04/2023 - 14:25

    Thanks Helen.

    That is super helpful.

    Scott πŸ™‚

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    Replying to Jessica Wilson 12/04/2023 - 13:40

    Thanks Jessica.

    This is interesting. It is good to hear some real-life examples of this. I agree, it feels like a bit of a nervous waiting game!

    Scott πŸ™‚

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    Replying to Lacey Pitcher 12/04/2023 - 15:18

    This is so wise Lacey!

    I think you are right. It is the system we are checking. I also feel so much more comfortable now about looking at the system when mistakes are made and not pointing fingers at the person.

    Scott

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    Replying to Liz Bode 12/04/2023 - 21:37

    Thanks Liz!

    This is super helpful!

    Scott πŸ™‚

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    Thanks for this Liz.

    Super interesting. Would you still holter if the owners could afford it?

    Scott πŸ™‚

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    Replying to Megan H. 23/03/2023 - 21:14

    Hey Megan.

    We covered the answer to your question in the live session. You should be able to watch back the recording now.

    Let us know if you have any other questions.

    Scott πŸ™‚

    scott@vtx-cpd.com
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    Hello again!

    We covered the answer to this in the live session, so you should be able to catch up with Helen’s answer on the recording.

    Scott πŸ™‚

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    Replying to Helen S. 05/04/2023 - 19:08

    It was great to chat about this at the live session!

    Pleople can find the answer to this question on the recording.

    Scott πŸ™‚

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    Replying to Magda Upton 10/04/2023 - 12:47

    Hey Magda!

    I would agree, does make me a bit nervous too!

    Scott πŸ™‚

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    Replying to Gisela T. 04/04/2023 - 17:39

    Hello Gisela.

    I am glad you enjoyed the reading. I am also glad to hear you are not doing too many faecal cultures!

    Monitoring treatment success for Giardia is recommended only in patients with persistent clinical signs and should be done by detection of Giardia cystson fecal flotation (ideally on a 3-day pooled sample). Testing as early as 24-48 hours but no more than 5 days after finishing the course of treatment might be helpful to differentiate between re-infection and persistent infection. I would not re-test if they go back to normal.

    Thank you for your kind feedback… it is really helpful! I am so glad you have enjoyed the format.

    Scott πŸ™‚

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    Replying to Rosie Marshall 06/04/2023 - 13:39

    I agree!

    It would make me a bit nervous just to sit and wait!!!!

    Scott πŸ™‚

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