Suffering in silence: Spotting signs of feline chronic triaditis

Feline triaditis describes a syndrome characterised by the concurrent presence of pancreatitis, cholangitis and chronic enteropathy. Its prevalence vaires, but it is reported in up to 30% to 50% of cats diagnosed with pancreatitis and inflammatory liver disease. Whilst definitive diagnosis requires histologic confirmation of inflammation in each organ, this may not be always possible. In addition, clinical suspicion can be challenging as clinical signs vary with each individual case and are often vague, aspecific and overlapping with other diseases increasing the risk of this syndrome being overlooked and appropriate management being delayed. The speaker will review the pathophyisology of this disease, discuss a practical diagnostic approach and ultimately a comprehensive evidence based treatment strategy with the help of real case examples.

Learning objectives:
-Understand the pathophysiology of this complex yet prevalent clinical syndrome
-Learn the importance of a step wise logical diagnostic approach
-Learn the diagnostic performance and pitfalls of available diagnostic tests
-Learn a multimodal patient centred treatment approach to maximise patient welfare and outcome

Presented at London Vet Show 2024

Please note this session is not RACE-approved but you can still earn a CPD certificate