ipakitine

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Catherine Raymond — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:29:19 GMT

That's ok. Got told about it at one of the Hill's roadshows on feline renal disease last year. Have a printed copy in the surgery for the vets to look at it. My hope was that all renal patients would be staged like the IRIS people advise. I've noticed that IDEXX are referring to these guidelines which helps.

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:39:00 GMT

Catherine, thankyou very much for that link, its fantastic!

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Catherine Raymond — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:11:32 GMT

IRIS have some guidelines and flow charts for managing renal patients. We use them a fair bit.

http://www.iris-kidney.com/index.shtml

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Steph Worsley — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:06:49 GMT

should monitor phos regularly anyway so can see if it is being kept in normal ranges with renal diet if not then add in but if it is then dont bother

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lskm 23 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:43:10 GMT

That was my thoughts.

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:37:14 GMT

I would not personally advise it if the animal is eating the renal food, my dog was on the renal diet only after she was diagnosed and her phos has always been within the normal range. I suppose you could blood sample after a while on the diet and if it's ok, then I dont see the point.