What’s new in decision making for dietary management of feline CKD?

Key Information

CPD Hours: 1 hours

Course Length: One hour

Course Format: Recorded webinar with a copy of the webinar slides provided

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£35.00

Course Information

Key Areas
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Fibroblast growth factor 23
  • Renal diets
  • Hypercalcaemia and CKD
About this course

Understanding the reasons for using a renal diet in feline chronic kidney disease and how new biomarkers may enhance our ability to decide when to start and how to modify dietary intervention.

This webinar will explore the current recommendations for when to use a renal diet in conjunction with the IRIS staging system. It will explore the pathophysiology and use available evidence base to demonstrate where these recommendations have originated from. It includes an introduction to the new biomarker fibroblast growth factor 23 which is being developed for clinical use as a biomarker of CKD-mineral and bone disorder and now forms part of the IRIS recommendations for dietary decision making in cats with CKD. Case examples will be used throughout the webinar to provide demonstration of how the science can be applied to clinical cases.

Why do this course
This lecture is aimed at veterinary surgeons with a keen interest in internal or feline medicine, certificate candidates or advanced practitioners who are interested to learn more about the reasons why we use renal diets, to learn about the new biomarker FGF23 and how this may be used in practice to guide decision making around the use of renal diets. 

Our extensive library of recorded webinars are great value for busy practitioners seeking quality CPD at a time of their choice and without leaving home. Participants gain access to the webinar for two weeks which allows them to view it at their leisure and convenience as well as review aspects as needed to enhance learning. Participants will receive an electronic copy of the slides to support their viewing session and a CPD certificate.

Members of the BVA Young Vets Network receive a 50% discount on our recorded webinars (subject to availability – ten discounted places available per webinar per year).

Please note: Our anytime Recorded Webinars and Recorded Webinar Plus CPD are regularly reviewed to ensure they are still providing the most up-to-date information. Please therefore activate the webinar within 3 months of purchase as we cannot guarantee availability after this time period. Any recorded webinars that are removed from sale during the 3 month time period we will offer a free replacement.

Tutors

Rosanne Jepson, BVSc MVetMed PhD DipACVIM DipECVIM-CA FHEA MRCVS
Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine
The Royal Veterinary College