Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Re: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Claire Cameron — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:03:28 GMT

[quote user="Catherine Raymond"]

is it a Siamese?

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Nope, Sphynx

[quote user="Steph Worsley RVN MBVNA"]

Am on it Claire, think we have info at work...am picking cat type peoples brains also!!!

will let you know when I have it all!! we have used lypex sprinkled on each meal and seemed to work quite well but will let you have all the relevant info when i have it!

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Thanks Steph. Considering Tryplase capsules sprinkled on his food but just would like to read a little bit more about it as I can't seem to find much info on EPI in kitties as it seems to be quite uncommon x

Re: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Steph Worsley — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:36:51 GMT

Am on it Claire, think we have info at work...am picking cat type peoples brains also!!!

will let you know when I have it all!! we have used lypex sprinkled on each meal and seemed to work quite well but will let you have all the relevant info when i have it!

Re: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Nicola Russell — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:08:25 GMT

there is quite a lot (6-7 pages) in textbook of veterinary internal medicine volume 2

Re: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Mrs Dot Dot — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:59:01 GMT

We have a moggy with it.. Male neutered ginger/white DSH. Was losing wt for ages ... did loads of bld tests over a period of time... would need to chk notes to see which ones exactly... initially full general preofile, felv/fiv/ fip (i think) etc.... vet who's case it was spoke to referral centres etc

Is now on Pancrex granules on each meal (seemed to work better than pancrex powder) .... am off this wk but can have a look next wk at case history if you want... I'm pretty sure it was well over a year ago he was diagnosed but it took a few months to diagnose completely... he's gaining and maintaining wt now and seems to be doing well.

Re: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:29:09 GMT

It's pretty rare in felines, which is why i asked if you had done the fasting blood test and what the results were for the serum TLI( trypsin-like immunoreactivity) to confirm. Depending on what the results are pancreatic enzyme replacements would be key if TLI results are < 8µg/L . Can't offer any specific details for treatment as not come across it personally. Only had some lit for it from a vet friend that I asked. Have you done any x-rays or ultrasound to look for anything abnormal in the organs?

might be worth checking the http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed for any recent studies or details.

Re: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Sally Howe — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:28:52 GMT

There is a small amount about it in feline medicine and theraputics by chandler, gaskell and gaskell.

It's an old book so will be a bit dated

Re: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Catherine Raymond — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:18:33 GMT

There is a little about it in the Merck Manual

Re: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Catherine Raymond — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:13:22 GMT

is it a Siamese?

Re: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Catherine Raymond — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:10:39 GMT

Have just looked in Medical Nursing Book - nada so went to the Feline Medicine book fo VNs and Technicians - nada.

Rare condition me thinks!!

Re: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats

Claire Cameron — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:22:41 GMT

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