S50D - The Itchy & Scratchy Cat: Real World Cases from the Trenches

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

11:35 AM – 12:25 PM

Location: Reef E, Level 2

Earn 1 CE Hours

Sponsored By

ROYAL CANIN

Presenter(s)

Ashley S. Bourgeois, DVM, DACVD

Veterinary dermatologist
Animal Dermatology Clinic Portland
Portland, OR, United States

Moderator(s)

Adrienne Bautista, DVM, DABVT, PhD

Scientific Communications Veterinarian
ROYAL CANIN
Saint Charles, MO, United States

Cats can have unique presentations of their allergies including pruritus, oral lesions and asthma. Differentiating flea bite hypersensitivity, food allergy and feline atopic skin syndrome can be a tedious process. Adding to the difficulty includes cats that present with multiple allergies or co-morbidities limiting the nutritional and pharmaceutical options. A step-by-step workup of an allergic cat will be discussed including highlights of difficult cases seen in the clinic and how they were managed.

Learning Objectives:

Recognize the unique patterns of allergic dermatitis in cats
Create a differential list for dermatologic disease in cats
Case examples of allergic cats and the allergic workup including management of co-morbidities