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4 Seperate speakers to cover topics such as stents, treatments for malignant melanoma, feline neurology and allergies in cats
Friday 15.45-17.45
Feline neurology – Not only FIP
Giunio Bruto Cherubini
The goal of the lecture will be to highlight the importance of considering conditions other than feline infectious peritonitis in a common day-to-day feline neurological patient. Different, but still fascinating, feline neurological diseases, with involvement of the central or peripheral nervous system, will be presented using case-based examples and videos.
The itchy/scratchy/bald cat: could it be an allergy?
Rosario Cerundolo
Allergy in cats is one of the most frustrating conditions for veterinary surgeons to deal with. Cats may present with dermatological and non-dermatological clinical signs. The dermatological signs can be very different between affected cats even if they have the same type of allergy. The lecture will guide vets through the clinical presentations, the diagnostic work up and the management of cats with allergies.
Stents in small animal practice: Really useful or just really expensive toys?
Professor Dick White
Over the past two decades the use of stents has become increasingly widespread in human disease particularly in the management of coronary and vascular occlusive disease. Other important indications include occlusive disease of ureters, urethra, oesophagus, tracheobronchial and biliary tracts. Stents may be temporary or left in situ to provide permanent support of the structure; they are constructed from a variety of materials including Gortex and various plastics. They are usually inserted in a closed (narrow) configuration and expand to embed in and support the wall of the diseased organ.
Many of these techniques are beginning to find applications in small animal veterinary diseases including benign conditions of the tracheobronchial and biliary tracts, vascular systems as well as neoplastic diseases of the urogenital tract. This session will look at how realistic these interventions are for the small animal clinician and more importantly: do they really work for our patients?
Who needs surgeons? Medical treatment options for malignant melanoma
Rob Foale
Malignant melanoma (MM) is a highly malignant tumour that is most commonly seen within the oral cavity or affecting the digit in dogs. Although surgical excision is usually recommended as a primary treatment modality, the malignant potential of the disease means that adjunctive medical therapy needs to be considered and planned for affected patients to optimise survival times and clinical outcome. This presentation will review the current and emerging medical treatment options for malignant melanoma in dogs and explore how combination therapy can be optimally utilised in this group of patients.
