Veterinarian training courses library : Cat / Endocrinology
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Teaching goals
- Understand the pathophysiology of hypersomatotropism and acromegaly
- Be familiar with the different clinical presentations associated with feline hypersomatotropism
- Be able to diagnose the disease and offer the different treatment options
Teaching goals
- Perform correctly a diagnosis of the disease (part 2)
- Be aware of the various treatment options along with the side effects that each can carry
Teaching goals
- Discuss the pathophysiology of disease
- Understand the differences between dogs and cats
- Identify the clinical signs
- Perform correctly a diagnosis (part1)
Teaching goals
- Explain the effect of hyperthyroidism on the kidney
- Discuss the negative effects of remaining hyperthyroid on progression of CKD
- Explain the importance of iatrogenic hypothyroidism and the effect on azotaemia and survival
Teaching goals
- Be familiar with the recent classification of systemic hypertension
- Be able to detect the clinical signs associated with systemic hypertension
- Remember the main causes of systemic hypertension in dogs and cats
- Know how to treat and monitor the clinical response
Teaching goals
- Understand the physiology of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the systemic effects of aldosterone
- Identify the signs associated with feline hyperaldosteronism
- Learn how to diagnose the disease and what treatment options are available
Teaching goals available soonDV Frédérique BERNAERTSVideo time : 30 min + MCQDipl. ECVIM-CAGeneral internal medicine EndocrinologyTeaching goals
- Diabetes mellitus in cats is a common endocrine disease in this species. It is less easy to diagnose than in dogs, given the stress hyperglycaemia encountered in consultation.
- Stress hyperglycemia in cats
- Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Monitoring blood sugar
Teaching goals
- When to suspect hyperthyroidism?
- What diagnostics?
- What treatment?
- Hyperthyroidism and chronic renal failure: a delicate balance
- Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hyperthyroid cats
