15 minutes on itchy cats!

Anthony Chadwick BVSc CertVD MRCVSThe Webinar Vet and The Skin Vet

Agenda

• History• Clinical Examination• Differential diagnosis• Diagnostic tests• Treatment• Threshold Management• Resources

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

Clinical Examination

• General physical examination• Lesion distribution• Hair coat• Skin• Secondary Infections• Parasites

Differential diagnoses

• Flea bite hypersensitivity• Food allergy• Atopy• Parasites• Fungal• Immune-mediated disease• Contact irritant dermatitis• Neoplastic• Hormonal• psychogenic

Diagnostic tests

• Coat brushings• Trichography• Cytology• Haematology• Biochemistry• Hormonal

Flea bite hypersensitivity

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

Miliary dermatitis

Hair loss and papules

Eosinophilic granuloma complex

Fleas

• Make up 80% of feline dermatology• Don’t miss them• Compliance• Products

My top three flea treatments

• Stronghold• Comfortis• Program injection

Food trialling

• Notoriously difficult in cats• Upto 12 weeks

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

Threshold Management

Resources

• www.thewebinarvet.com/elanco-webinars• www.thewebinarvet.com/virbac-webinars• http://www.thewebinarvet.com/webinar/the-changin

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Thanks

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