VETCE ON DEMAND: DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR FELINE GI DISEASE: FROM LABORATORY TESTS TO REVIEW OF HISTOPATHOLOGY RESULTS

Continuing Education Credits
Course meets the requirements for 1 RACE hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians and veterinarians in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval. However, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery. RACE Subject Category: Medical; Delivery Method: Non-interactive Distance; Program Number UPDATE.

Continuing Education Credits

Course meets the requirements for 1 RACE hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians and veterinarians in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval. However, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery.

RACE Subject Category: Medical; Delivery Method: Non-interactive Distance; Program Number UPDATE.

Content Presenter
Maria Jugan, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM)

Course Focus and Learning Objectives
VetCE on Demand: Diagnostic Testing for Feline GI Disease: From Laboratory Tests to Review of Histopathology Results. This course walks through the case of a cat presenting with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) signs in a stepwise manner, looking at diagnostic testing in each stage. It starts with the initial evaluation and tests used to both confirm primary GI disease and non-invasively assess disease severity, utilizing tools readily available to primary practitioners. The course then progresses to more focused testing to localize disease and evaluate for non-GI disease that cannot be achieved through initial screening. Finally, it culminates with a review of the case’s histopathology results and tips for looking at subtle descriptors to distinguish a chronic inflammatory enteropathy from low-grade alimentary lymphoma, as well as the utility of PCR and immunohistochemistry to aid in interpretation. After completion of this course, the student should be able to: outline a stepwise diagnostic approach to cats with chronic gastrointestinal clinical signs, including baseline testing and obtaining a definitive diagnosis explain the utility of abdominal imaging in cats with chronic gastrointestinal clinical signs interpret “gastrointestinal” blood panel results in cats, including cobalamin, folate, pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity, and trypsin-like immunoreactivity list distinguishing characteristics of lymphoplasmacytic chronic inflammatory enteropathy and low-grade alimentary lymphoma on histopathology and identify ancillary tests to help further delineate the diagnoses

Course Focus and Learning Objectives

VetCE on Demand: Diagnostic Testing for Feline GI Disease: From Laboratory Tests to Review of Histopathology Results.

This course walks through the case of a cat presenting with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) signs in a stepwise manner, looking at diagnostic testing in each stage. It starts with the initial evaluation and tests used to both confirm primary GI disease and non-invasively assess disease severity, utilizing tools readily available to primary practitioners. The course then progresses to more focused testing to localize disease and evaluate for non-GI disease that cannot be achieved through initial screening. Finally, it culminates with a review of the case’s histopathology results and tips for looking at subtle descriptors to distinguish a chronic inflammatory enteropathy from low-grade alimentary lymphoma, as well as the utility of PCR and immunohistochemistry to aid in interpretation.

After completion of this course, the student should be able to:

outline a stepwise diagnostic approach to cats with chronic gastrointestinal clinical signs, including baseline testing and obtaining a definitive diagnosis
explain the utility of abdominal imaging in cats with chronic gastrointestinal clinical signs
interpret “gastrointestinal” blood panel results in cats, including cobalamin, folate, pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity, and trypsin-like immunoreactivity
list distinguishing characteristics of lymphoplasmacytic chronic inflammatory enteropathy and low-grade alimentary lymphoma on histopathology and identify ancillary tests to help further delineate the diagnoses

Open Enrollment with Immediate Access and Individual Scheduling
This is an open enrollment course. Participants may enroll at any time. Upon submission of enrollment, the participant is immediately added to the course. The course welcome email provides login and other important information. This is an asynchronous course, meaning it does not contain real-time components. Participants do not need to be logged into the course at specific times to attend lectures or view presentations. Participants do not need to complete the course in one sitting. Completion Deadline: Participants have 30 days from the date of enrollment to view the presentation, as often as desired, as well as submit the two completion requirements outlined below. If, after 30 days, the completion requirements have not been submitted, the participant will be graded out of the course as incomplete.

Open Enrollment with Immediate Access and Individual Scheduling

This is an open enrollment course. Participants may enroll at any time. Upon submission of enrollment, the participant is immediately added to the course. The course welcome email provides login and other important information.

This is an asynchronous course, meaning it does not contain real-time components. Participants do not need to be logged into the course at specific times to attend lectures or view presentations. Participants do not need to complete the course in one sitting.

Completion Deadline:

Participants have 30 days from the date of enrollment to view the presentation, as often as desired, as well as submit the two completion requirements outlined below. If, after 30 days, the completion requirements have not been submitted, the participant will be graded out of the course as incomplete.

Completion Requirements
The completion requirements for this course are: complete the quiz with a score of 80% or better - multiple attempts are permitted submit the course survey Upon submission of the final completion requirement, the participant will automatically be marked as completed and the course completion email will be sent out. The participant will have immediate access to the certificate.

Course Fee
Price: $10.00 USD Practices may enroll individual team members. To learn how to assign a specific team member to a course, please visit the Assigning Students page. Please use this link to view the Withdrawal Policy for this course.

VETCE ON DEMAND: DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR FELINE GI DISEASE: FROM LABORATORY TESTS TO REVIEW OF HISTOPATHOLOGY RESULTS

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