Itchy cats
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this is a short presentation on a logical approach to pruritic cats including diagnosis and treatment. This was presented at an Abbey House Vet Hospital CPD evening
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Itchy cats
- 1. 15 minutes on itchy cats! Anthony Chadwick BVSc CertVD MRCVS The Webinar Vet and The Skin Vet
- 2. Agenda • History • Clinical Examination • Differential diagnosis • Diagnostic tests • Treatment • Threshold Management • Resources
- 3. History • Age of onset • In contact animals • Living accomodation • Diet • Seasonality • Parasite control • Distribution of lesions and pruritus • Duration of signs (acute v chronic) • General health • Previous treatments
- 4. Clinical Examination • General physical examination • Lesion distribution • Hair coat • Skin • Secondary Infections • Parasites
- 5. Differential diagnoses • Flea bite hypersensitivity • Food allergy • Atopy • Parasites • Fungal • Immune-mediated disease • Contact irritant dermatitis • Neoplastic • Hormonal • psychogenic
- 6. Diagnostic tests • Coat brushings • Trichography • Cytology • Haematology • Biochemistry • Hormonal
- 8. Some general points • Cats display pruritus differently than dogs • Flea allergic cats are very good at removing fleas from their coats • All cats in a household should be treated • The environment should be treated • All pruritic cats should receive flea treatment
- 10. Hair loss and papules
- 12. Fleas • Make up 80% of feline dermatology • Don’t miss them • Compliance • Products
- 13. My top three flea treatments • Stronghold • Comfortis • Program injection
- 14. Food trialling • Notoriously difficult in cats • Upto 12 weeks
- 15. Atopy • Less well characterised than in dogs • Do not use megoestrol acetate • Steroids better tolerated than in dogs • Cyclosporine seems to work well in cats • ASIT can work well in cats
- 19. Resources • www.thewebinarvet.com/elanco-webinars • www.thewebinarvet.com/virbac-webinars • http://www.thewebinarvet.com/webinar/the-changing- face-of-canine-pyoderma-new-strategies-for- control/
- 20. Thanks ?