Chattering With ISFM

Join us as we discuss the fascinating world of feline communication, exploring howcats use chemical signals to interact with their environment and each other. Additionally, we shall shed light on a rational approach to using gastroprotectants in cats, providing invaluable insights for veterinary practitioners.

In Part One of our discussion, Dr Sarah Ellis and Dr Daniel Mills talk about thecomplexities of pheromone use in cats, emphasising the differences between scents and pheromones and their impact on emotional processing. They also highlight the importance of understanding pheromones in assessing feline behaviour. Part Two of their discussion will be available in next month's episode, so make sure you're signed up to Chattering With ISFM on your preferred podcast platform if you don’t want to miss out!

Following this, Dr Kelly St. Denis and Dr Katie Tolbert discuss Dr Tolbert's JFMS Clinical Spotlight article on the rational use of gastroprotectants in cats. They cover the risks of using these medications, especially the differences in how cats and dogs metabolise drugs, and the potential benefits of soluble fibres in preventing GI ulceration. They also address the careful use of gastric acid suppressants and gastroprotectants in clinical practice, with a focus on patient comfort and proper administration.

For further reading material please visit:

Pheromonatherapy: Theory and applications

Stress and Pheromonatherapy in Small Animal Clinical BehaviourJFMS Clinical Spotlight Article: A Rational Approach To The Use Of Gastroprotectants In Cats

For ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

Host:

Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK

Speakers:
Sarah Ellis, BSc, PGDip, PhD, Head of Cat Wellbeing and Behaviour at International Cat Care, independent feline welfare educator, writer and consultant.

Daniel Mills, BVSc PhD CBiol FRSB FHEA CCAB Dip ECAWBM(BM) FRCVS, Professor of veterinary behavioural medicine & RCVS, European and ASAB recognised specialist in clinical animal behaviour

Kelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, Canada
Katie Tolbert, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM (SAIM, SA nutrition), Clinical Associate Professor in Small Animal & Comparative Gastroenterology & JFMS Author.

This month Dr Sam Taylor sits down with Dr Daniel Ryan to talk about feline spinal disease. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Nathalie Dowgray discusses medical control of reproduction in toms, alongside other reproductive issues, with Professor Stefano Romagnoli.
To begin our episode, Dr Sam Taylor is joined by Dr Daniel Ryan who was the winner of the 2022 JFMS Open Reports Best Practitioner Paper. They discuss the different types of disc extrusion, the ways in which they can present in our patients and his tips for diagnosis.
Nathalie then sits down with Professor Stefano Romagnoli to discuss his JFMS clinical spotlight article Reversible control of reproduction in tom cats: medical options for manipulating libido and fertility as well as a wider discussion on the JFMS Reproduction special issues that Professor Romagnoli was the guest editor of.
For further reading material please visit:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/20551169221112068?fbclid=IwAR3rYVvwsUuuXLinBGoTxDILqLRgV1ByNj2xN7SiTKvfSTGox18F1KqQQ1w
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X231171406

Tune in next month for a very special episode and more clinical spotlight interviews.
Host:
Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK

Speakers:
Dr Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons) CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MANZCVS FRCVS, Feline Medicine Specialist and ISFM Academy Lead
Dr Daniel Ryan, BVM BVS BVMedSci AFHEA MRCVS, ECVN Resident in Neurology and Neurosurgery at Royal Veterinary College and winner of the 2022 JFMS Open Reports Best Practitioner Paper
Dr Stefano Romagnoli, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl ECAR, Professor In Small Animal Reproduction and published JFMS Author

For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month we have the second of our two episodes about feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). In June 2022, ISFM Academy Lead Sam Taylor sat down at our Congress in Rhodes with professors Danièlle Gunn-Moore and Séverine Tasker to discuss the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of FIP.
We discuss how we managed to develop drugs for the treatment of FIP in the UK and Australia and how the response has been to those treatments so far. We also offer advice for monitoring our patients, how to navigate situations where there are financial challenges and how to discuss treatment plans with your clients (including what to do when a client buys medicine from the internet).
For further reading material please visit:
https://icatcare.org/advice/feline-infectious-peritonitis-fip/
http://www.abcdcatsvets.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/FIP_diagnostic_tool_Dec21.pdf
We hope you enjoy part two of this discussion. Tune in next month for the first of our JFMS Clinical Spotlight Interviews and an interview with Dr. Jessica Quimby.
For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org
Host:
Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care,
Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK
Speakers:
Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons) CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MANZCVS FRCVS, Feline Medicine Specialist and ISFM Academy Lead
Professor Séverine Tasker, BSc BVSc(Hons) PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA FHEA FRCVS, Chief Medical Officer for the Linnaeus Group. Honorary Professor of Feline Medicine at the University of Bristol.
Professor Danièlle Gunn-Moore, BSc(Hon), BVM&S, PhD, MANZCVS (Feline), FHEA, FRSB, FRCVS,RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine, Professor in Feline Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute

For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month Dr. Sam Taylor is in conversation with Dr Matt Gurney about feline sedation and the use of low dose ketamine. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Head Of ISFM, Nathalie Dowgray, discusses feline urinary tract trauma with Dr Zoë Halfacree.
Recording during ISFM’s Rhodes Congress, Dr Sam Taylor is joined by specialist in anaesthesia and analgesia Dr Matt Gurney. He talks about his early experiences using subcutaneous low dose ketamine, how it can help our patients and the different options they have for sedation.
Nathalie then sits down with Dr Zoë Halfacree to discuss her JFMS clinical spotlight article Urinary Tract Trauma in Cats: Stabilisation, Diagnosis and Management and Zoë shares advice on how we can reduce the risk of iatrogenic ureteral trauma when we're catheterizing cats.
For further reading material please visit:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X231159073
http://www.alfaxan.co.uk/news/intramuscular-alfaxalone-in-the-cat
Tune in next month for more interviews recorded at ISFM in Rhodes, and next month's clinical spotlight interview.
Host:
Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM,, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK
Speakers:
Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons) CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MANZCVS FRCVS, Feline Medicine Specialist and ISFM Academy Lead
Dr Matt Gurney, BVSc CertVA PgCertVBM DipECVAA FRCVS, RCVS and European Specialist in Anaesthesia and Analgesia.
Dr Zoë Halfacree, MA VetMB CertVDI CertSAS FHEA DipECVS FRCVS, RCVS and EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month, as we are discussing topics that are very close to our hearts, we have
made the full version available to non-members. Yaiza Gomez-Mejias interviews the winner of the JFMS Resident best paper, Marieke Knies, about feline diabetes and the FreeStyle Libre. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Nathalie Dowgray discusses Cat Friendly Principles for Veterinary Professionals with her fellow authors.
To begin our episode, Yaiza is joined by Marieke Knies who won the 2022 JFMS Open Reports Best Practitioner Paper with her study on feline diabetes and the FreeStyle Libre. They discuss the advantages, complications and clinical accuracy of the study as well as feedback from the cat owners involved.
Nathalie then sits down with some of the team at International Cat Care who helped to develop and write Cat Friendly Principles for Veterinary Professionals: Dr Sarah Ellis, Vicky Halls and our former CEO Claire Bessant. They discuss why there was a need to develop these principles, what they entail and how the veterinary profession has evolved over the years to improve the care available for cats.
For further reading material please visit:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/1098612X221104051
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/1098612X221128750
Host:
Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK
Speakers:
Yaiza Gomez Mejias, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, ISFM Community Coordinator and small animal clinician
Marieke Knies, DVM, MANZCVS (Feline), EMSAVM (Internal Medicine), Winner of the 2022 JFMS Open Reports Best Practitioner Paper
Dr Sarah Ellis, Bsc, Pg-Dip, PHD, Head of Cat Advocacy at International Cat Care, Visiting Fellow at the University of Lincoln and Author.
Vicky Halls, RVN Dip Couns, Registered Veterinary Nurse, Clinical Animal Behaviourist, Member of Cat Advocacy team at International Cat Care and Author.
Claire Bessant, BSc (Hons), MBE, Former iCatCare Chief Executive of 28 years

For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org