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NEWS Working together with the AAFP The ESFM and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) are now official partners in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. The two Societies have a great deal in common in their aims to provide quality information on cat care for practitioners and thus to improve the health and welfare of feline patients. ESFM is delighted to be working with the AAFP and hope that this is the beginning of further collaboration and exchange of information — cats can only benefit. These pink pages will now also incorporate information from the AAFP.
ESFM and AAFP conferences The Feline Focus diary section is brimming with conferences! These include the usual precongress study day at BSAVA and a second ESFM programme at the ESVIM Congress in Munich this year. ESFM’s 1st Annual Congress in
Stockholm completes the trio for the year with a very exciting programme and a chance to meet other feline enthusiasts over dinner in the evening. The AAFP winter meeting is taking place as this journal goes to press. Two meetings are planned for 2003. Proceedings of all the meetings will appear in JFMS. Book soon to avoid disappointment!
Cat-only practices in Europe Further to our list of cat-only practices printed in vol 3 issue 3 of JFMS, we have heard from an exclusively feline practice in Germany. Dr Jurgen Kremendahl Berghauser Str 128 D-42349 Wuppertal Germany Tel and fax: +49 0202 4733002 E-mail: [email protected]
Colour illustrations for JFMS We are now delighted to announce that any paper published in JFMS can be printed with colour illustrations rather than the usual black and white. This will make a great deal of difference to the reproduction of illustrations on many topics and will add hugely to the quality of presentation of many papers. Glossy prints and 35 mm slides are suitable for reproduction — radiographs are still best supplied as black and white prints from the original radiograph for optimal reproduction. Digital camera images and scanned slides are suitable, providing they are of a sufficiently high resolution — we ask for a minimum of 200 dpi and preferably 300 dpi. Often digitally supplied images are only about 70 dpi and while this is sufficient for looking at images on a screen, it is not sufficiently good for printing purposes. The normal image size for a column-wide images problems too as they will not have to be enlarged. For printing purposes pictures need to be scanned in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) and not RGB (red, green, blue). Changing a scan from RGB to CMYK leads to colour distortion in the image. We look forward to receiving your papers.
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Feline Focus DIARY If you are holding a feline meeting and would like to publicise it further, please send details to: Claire Bessant, JFMS, Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury Wiltshire SP3 6LD, UK. Fax: +44 (0)1747 871873. E-mail: [email protected]
Waltham/ESFM Feline Symposium Pre-BSAVA Congress Midlands Engineering Centre, Austin Court, Birmingham Wednesday April 3, 2002 08.15 Registration 09.15 Can chronic pain be managed in the cat? Duncan Lascalles, Florida 10.05 Managing the refactory case of IBD Dr A Jergens, Iowa State University 10.55 Coffee break 11.40 Advanced therapeutic approaches for the management of uraemia Dr L Cowgill, University of California, Davis 12.30 Lunch 13.45 Feline lymphoma — what’s new in 2002? Greg Ogilvy, Colorado State University 14.30 Diastolic function — is this the key to successful management of many feline cardiomyopathies? Dr V Luis-Fuentes, Ohio State University 15.15 Tea break 15.55 How I deal with the cat with diarrhoea Dr T Tams, Veterinary Centers of America 16.40 Questions 17.00 Close To be followed by the AGM of ESFM at approximately 17.00. Cost of attending: £50 (84 Euros) for ESFM members, £60 (100 Euros) for non-members (to include coffee, buffet lunch and tea. Contact the ESFM office at Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury, Wilts SP3 6LD, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872; fax: +44 (0)1747 871873; e-mail: [email protected]
ESFM 1st Annual Congress Radisson SAS Royal Park Hotel, Stockholm Saturday 7–Sunday 8 September 2002 Sponsored by Fort Dodge and Novartis
Saturday, September 7 08.15 Registration 09.00 Genetic diseases of cats Richard Malik, University of Sydney 09·45 Bacterial lower respiratory tract disease in cats Richard Malik 10.30 Coffee 11.00 Feline vestibular diseases — new developments Richard Le Couteur, University of California Davis 11.45 Spinal cord disorders Richard Le Couteur 12.30 Lunch 14.00 Advanced diagnostic techniques in feline brain disease Richard Le Couteur 14.45 A new look at FLUTD Danielle Gunn-Moore, University of Edinburgh 15.30 Tea 16.00 Studies of lymphoma in Australian cats — lessons for Europe? Richard Malik 16.45 FeLV and FeLV vaccination Andrew Sparkes, Animal Health Trust 17.30 End 20.00
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Sunday, September 8 09.00 Clinical approach to infertility in the queen Stefano Romagnoli, University of Padova 09.45 Update on feline neuromuscular disease Richard Le Couteur 10.30 Coffee 11.00 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats — it used to be so simple! Jens Haggstrom, University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 11.45 Challenging cases in feline medicine Richard Malik 12.30 Discussion 13.00 Close
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Cost of attending: £120 (200 Euros) for ESFM members, £150 (250 Euros) for non-members. Includes coffee, lunch and tea on Saturday and congress dinner on Saturday evening. Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872; fax: +44 (0)1747 871873; e-mail: [email protected]. Information on booking the hotel for accommodation is also available.
Hill’s/ESFM Feline Symposium At ESVIM Congress, Munich 18–21 September 2002 08.45 09.30 10.15 10.45 11.30 12.30 13.30
14.15 15.00 15.30 16.15
Current concepts of chemotherapy in feline lymphoma Erik Teske, University of Utrecht Nutrition in the feline cancer patient Joe Bartges Coffee Retroviral diagnosis Hans Lutz, University of Zurich Antiviral therapies in the cat Katrin Hartmann Lunch State of the art lecture Host-pathogen interaction in feline mycobacterial disease Richard Malik What’s new in FLUTD Joe Bartges Tea break Feline amyloidosis Richard Malik Abstracts
Bookings to be made through the European Society of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ESVIM). It is possible to book for one day only or for the whole Congress. For further details see www.esvim.com or contact Mrs Laura Lancee, PO Box 80, 154, NL-3508TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Fax: +31 30 2518 126
Second International FCoV/FIP Symposium The Second International Feline Coronavirus/Feline Infectious Peritonitis Symposium will be held in Galsgow, Scotland, UK on 4–7 August 2002. Like the hugely successful first conference hosted by Professor Niels Pedersen in the University of California, the Second will welcome scientists, veterinary surgeons, cat breeders, cat rescue charities
and industry. The proceedings will be published in the JFMS. Professor Pederson will open the meeting with an overview of feline coronavirus and FIP. Other international speakers include Dr Diane Addie, Professor Sandor Belak, Dr Dave Harbour, Professor Marian Horzinek, Dr Melissa Kennedy, Dr Istvan Kiss, Dr Andreas Kolb, Professor Hans Luts, Dr Saverio Paltrinieri, Dr Alan Radford, Professor Peter Rottier and Professor Stuart Siddell. Sessions include: Background to FcoV/FIP Molecular epidemiology of FcoV infection Pathogenesis and imunopathogenesis of FIP Diagnosis and treatment of FIP Prevention of FCoV infection/FIP For further details go to the conference website (www.felinecoronavirus.com) or contact the conference co-ordinator, Dr Diane Addie to be added to the mailing list, submit abstracts or to offer sponsorship. The deadline for abstracts is April 30, 2002. Dr Addie can be contacted at the University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Tel: +44 (0)141 330 5786; fax: +44 (0)141 330 5748; e-mail: [email protected]
FAB Conference The Apollo Hotel, Basingstoke, Hants Saturday 12 October, 2002 Sponsored by Masterfoods 09.00 09.45 10.00 10.55 11.15 11.55 12.40 13.50 14.35 15.10
Registration FAB Update Fading kittens Tim Gruffydd-Jones, University of Bristol Case report Michael Kraijer, FAB Resident, University of Edinburgh Coffee Wobbly kittens Sarah Caney, FAB Lecturer, University of Bristol Lunch FAB AGM Cats in Art Dr Andrew Edney The importance of kitten socialisation Vicky Halls, behaviour counsellor
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Tea Case report Charlotte Jackson, FAB Resident, University of Bristol Preventative health care for kittens — working with your vet to keep your kittens healthy Bradley Viner Question Close
Cost of attending: £38 for FAB members and £48 for non-members — to include coffee, lunch and tea. Book through FAB, Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury, Wilts SP3 6LD. Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872; fax: +44 (0)1747 871873; e-mail: [email protected]
AAFP meeting, Winter 2003 March 9, 2002-02-11 Cancun, Mexico Omni Cancun and Villas
AAFP meeting, Fall 2003 October 18–21, New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Marriott AAFP, 200 4th Avenue Northsuite 900, Nashville, Tennessee 37219, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
AGENDA FOR THE AGM OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF FELINE MEDICINE 2002 To be held on 3rd April 2002, 17.00 Austin Court, ICC, Birmingham • Apologies for absence • Minutes of previous meeting • Matters arising from the minutes • Election of EC members and composition of the Executive Committee C Dr Sarah Caney (The Feline Centre, University of Bristol) has received several nominations for the position of Secretary of the EC • President’s report • Membership report • Treasurer’s report • JFMS report • Future meetings • Any other business • Date of the next meeting
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ESFM BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES AUSTRIA Dr Karin Holler (Treasurer) Tierklinik Leonding Mayrhansenstrase 21A A-4060 Leonding, AUSTRIA BELGIUM Ariane Garber 27 Rue J B van Page 1083 Bruxelles, BELGIUM Tel: 322 4283963 e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] CZECH REPUBLIC Zdenek Knotek Small Animal Clinic Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Veterinary and Pharmacological Science Palackeho 1/3, 61242 Brno CZECH REPUBLIC e-mail: [email protected] DENMARK Raiku Sarva˚ Falstersvej 9 DK 2000 Frederiksberg DENMARK Tel: +388 84777 Fax: +388 85777 FINLAND Dr PhD Suvi Pohjola-Stenroos Felina Cat Clinic Tyo¨miehenkatu 4 C 00180 Helsinki, FINLAND Tel: 358-9-686 6560 Fax: 358-9-685 2299 e-mail: [email protected] FRANCE Michelle Ferme´-Fradin 85 ter Bd Soult 75012 Paris, FRANCE Tel: 33 1 43436344 Fax: 33 1 43473791 e-mail: [email protected] GERMANY Dr habil Katrin Hartmann Medizinische Tierklinik Veterinasse 13 8000 Munchen 40, GERMANY Tel: 49 89 21802697 Fax: 49 89 21806240, e-mail: [email protected]
HUNGARY Dr Bela Lakatos Biogdanfy u 7B/22 H-1117 Budapest, HUNGARY IRELAND Carmel Mooney University College Dublin Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Dept. of Small Animal Clinic Studies Veterinary College Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, IRELAND Tel: 353 1 66 87988 Fax: 353 1 66 75401 e-mail: [email protected] ITALY Prof Dott Stefano Romagnoli Veterinary Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Andrology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Padua, ITALY Tel: 39 049 827 2948 Fax: 39 049 827 2602 e-mail: [email protected] Dr Stefano Bo Dipartimento di Patologia Animale Universita di Torino Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, ITALY Tel: 390 11 6688769 Fax: 390 11 8174325 e-mail: [email protected] THE NETHERLANDS Dr Herman Egberink Associate Professor Virology Unit, Veterinary Faculty Utrecht University, de Uithof Androclusgebouw Yalelaan 1, 3584 CL Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS Tel: 31 302532487 Fax: 31302536723 e-mail: [email protected] Dr Ton Willemse Dept Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals Veterinary Faculty Utrecht University, de Uithof Yalelaan 8, 3584 CM Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS Tel: 31 30 2531681 or 1589 Fax: 31 30 2518126 e-mail: [email protected]
NORWAY Dr Babette Baddaky Taugbol Eidskog Dyreklinikk A/S 2230 Skotterud NORWAY Tel: 47 62 835666 Fax: 47 62 836665 e-mail: [email protected]
SWEDEN Ulla Bjo¨rnehammar Skuleviksva¨gen 17 S-45593 Munkedal, SWEDEN e-mail: [email protected] SWITZERLAND Dr Hans Lutz Veterinarnedizinisches Labor der Universitat Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 260 CH-8057 Zurich, SWITZERLAND Tel: 4 11 16358312 Fax: 4 11 16358906 e-mail: [email protected]
POLAND Prof dr Tadeusz Frymus Dept of Infectious Diseases Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Warsaw Agricultural University Ul Grochowska 272 03849 Warsaw, POLAND Tel/Fax: 48 228 104651 e-mail: [email protected]
Dr Kaspar Rohner Tierarzt, Zu¨rcherstrasse 3 Niederglatt 8172, SWITZERLAND Tel: 4 11 8518070 Fax: 4 11 8548071 e-mail: [email protected]
Prof Dr Hab Roman Lechnowski Department of Internal Diseases Veterinary Faculty Agricultural University of Warsaw Grochowska 272 03849 Warsaw, POLAND Tel/fax: 48 22 810 2142 e-mail: [email protected]
UK Dr Andrew Sparkes (Secretary ESFM) The Animal Health Trust Centre for Small Animal Studies Lanwades Park, Kentford Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7UU, UK Tel: 44 1638 552700 Fax: 44 1638 555600 e-mail: [email protected] (SECRETARY/JFMS EDITOR)
RUSSIA Dr Margarita Rakhamina All Russian State Research Institute for Control, Standardization & Certification 5 Zvenigorodskove Shosse 123022 Moscow, RUSSIA Tel: 7 095 2593546 Fax: 7 095 2531491
Myra Forster-van Hijfte The Tile House Deepdene Wood Dorking RH5 4BD Tel: 01306 640515 Fax: 01306 640514 e-mail: [email protected]
Dr Eugeniy Nepoklonov State Diagnostics & Prevention Centre for Human and Animal Diseases 42 Timiryazevskaya Street 125422 Moscow, RUSSIA Tel/Fax: 7 095 2075474
BOR LIAISON Prof Dr H C Marian Horzinek Director Institute of Veterinary Research Utrecht University, de Uithof Practicumgebouw, Yalelaan 1 3584, Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS Tel: 31 30 253 2485 Fax: 31 30 253 6723 e-mail: [email protected]
SPAIN Mr Paul Hindson Centro Veterinario Calle Los Naranjos s/n Pueblo Lopez 29640 Fuengirola Malaga, SPAIN Tel: 34 5 462688
Prof dr Manfred Reinacher Universitat Leipzig Inst fur Vet Pathologie Margarete-Blank Str 4 04103 Leipzig, GERMANY Tel: 49 341 9738271 Fax: 49 341 9738299
ESFM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT: PROF DOTT STEFANO ROMAGNOLI Veterinary Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Padua, Italy Tel: 39 049 827 2948, Fax: 39 049 827 2602 E-mail: [email protected]
SECRETARY: ANDREW SPARKES TREASURER: MYRA FORSTER-van HIJFTE FAB LIAISON: DR TIM GRUFFYDD-JONES CHIEF EXECUTIVE: CLAIRE BESSANT BOR LIAISON: MARIAN HORZINEK
CONTACTING ESFM Please send letters/articles/comments for JFMS to Claire Bessant, ESFM/FAB, Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 6LD, England. Tel: 44 1747 871872, Fax: 44 1747 871873 Membership details may also be obtained from this address.
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The European Society of Feline Medicine was founded in 1996 by the Feline Advisory Bureau. Now ESFM has almost 600 members from 35 countries. In April 1999 ESFM and Harcourt Brace launched the first issue of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, the official journal of the Society. The quarterly peer-reviewed Journal aims to publish high quality original papers and reviews on all aspects of feline medicine and surgery, including relevant basic research, hotline editorials, short communications and letters. The international news section provides information about ESFM and other feline veterinary meetings, society news, new developments and relevant issues from other publications and meetings. Many ESFM members are also members of the Feline Advisory Bureau and receive the quarterly FAB Journal which covers wider feline issues such as standards of boarding, feline behaviour, case studies, general cat care, news and other commissioned features. The membership rates and categories are listed below: European Society of Feline Medicine membership ESFM members receive the quarterly Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (JFMS) and reduced rates to ESFM conferences and meetings. Annual ESFM membership UK and overseas £60 (100 Euros) Feline Advisory Bureau membership FAB members receive the quarterly FAB Journal and reduced rates to FAB conferences and meetings. Annual FAB membership UK £22 Annual FAB membership overseas £32 (53 Euros) Life FAB membership UK £250 Life FAB membership overseas £300 (500 Euros) Joint annual FAB/ESFM membership UK £77 Joint annual FAB/ESFM membership overseas £87 (145 Euros) FAB life members will receive a £5 reduction on the ESFM rate. Practice membership Many veterinary surgeons and nurses are members of FAB. We have now put together a practice membership under which the practice receives a Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, an FAB Journal, a set of FAB information sheets (60) in a binder and a Certificate of Membership for the waiting room. Any members of the practice (veterinary surgeons or nurses) can then claim reduced rates to any FAB/ESFM conferences or meetings. Practice membership UK £95 Practice membership overseas £120 (200 Euros)
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Feline Focus ABSTRACTS Radiation therapy in the treatment of canine and feline thymomas: a retrospective study (1985-1999). Smith AN, Wright JC, Brawner WR Jr, LaRue SM, Fineman L, Hogge GS, Kitchell BE, Hohenhaus AE, Burk RL, Dhaliwal RS, Duda LE. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2001 Sep–Oct;37(5):489–96 A retrospective study was performed of 17 dogs and seven cats with various stages of thymoma treated with radiation alone or as an adjunctive therapy. Analysis revealed an overall response rate of 75% (15/20 evaluable cases). Partial (i.e., >50%; reduction in tumor size) and complete (i.e., no detectable tumor) responses were included. Complete responses were rare (4/20). Three of five animals with stable disease (i.e., <50% change in tumor size) had improvements in clinical signs, despite lack of measurable response. A median survival time of 248 days (range, 93 to 1,657+ days) was achieved in dogs, and a median survival time of 720 days (range, 485 to 1,825+ days) was achieved in cats. Radiation therapy appears to be useful in the management of invasive thymomas in dogs and cats. Radiotherapy in three suspect cases of feline thymoma. Kaser-Hotz B, Rohrer CR, Fidel JL, Nett CS, Horauf A, Hauser B. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2001 Sep–Oct;37(5):483–8 Radiation therapy for three cases of suspect feline thymoma is described. The thymoma was controlled for 4 years in case no. 1. Case no. 2 responded well to radiation therapy but was euthanized after 2 months because of a nasal adenocarcinoma. Case no. 3 continues to do well more than 8 months after radiotherapy. Difficulties in diagnosing feline thymomas are discussed, and biological behavior as well as different treatment modalities of feline and human thymomas are compared. PMID: 11563449 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Feline leukemia virus DNA vaccine efficacy is enhanced by coadministration with interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-18 expression vectors. Hanlon L, Argyle D, Bain D, Nicolson L, Dunham S, Golder MC, McDonald M, McGillivray C, Jarrett O, Neil JC, Onions DE. J Virol 2001 Sep;75(18):8424–33 The expectation that cell-mediated immunity is important in the control of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) infection led us to test a DNA vaccine administered alone or with cytokines that favored the development of a Th1 immune response. The vaccine consisted of two plasmids, one expressing the gag/pol genes and the other expressing the env gene of FeLV-A/Glasgow-1. The genetic adjuvants were plasmids encoding the feline cytokines interleukin-12 (IL-12), IL-18, or
gamma interferon (IFN-gamma). Kittens were immunized by three intramuscular inoculations of the FeLV DNA vaccine alone or in combination with plasmids expressing IFN-gamma, IL-12, or both IL-12 and IL-18. Control kittens were inoculated with empty plasmid. Following immunization, anti-FeLV antibodies were not detected in any kitten. Three weeks after the final immunization, the kittens were challenged by the intraperitoneal inoculation of FeLV-A/ Glasgow-1 and were then monitored for a further 15 weeks for the presence of virus in plasma and, at the end of the trial, for latent virus in bone marrow. The vaccine consisting of FeLV DNA with the IL-12 and IL-18 genes conferred significant immunity, protecting completely against transient and persistent viremia, and in five of six kittens protecting against latent infection. None of the other vaccines provided significant protection. Omentalization of the thorax for treatment of idiopathic chylothorax with constrictive pleuritis in a cat. Lafond E, Weirich WE, Salisbury SK. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2002 Jan–Feb;38(1):74–8 A 6-year-old, spayed female Himalayan cat with idiopathic chylothorax, which failed to respond to medical management, was successfully treated by advancement of the omentum into the thorax. Exploratory thoracotomy revealed severe, constrictive pleuritis as a sequela to chylothorax. Because of the poor prognosis for recovery from chylothorax in cats with thoracic duct ligation alone, and the lack of success in performing thoracic duct ligation in this cat, the omentum was advanced into the thorax through a hole created in the diaphragm and sutured within the thoracic cavity. The cat recovered from surgery and is clinically normal 13 months postoperatively. Omental advancement may be an effective surgical management technique for this challenging disease in cats. Chronic vomiting associated with a gastric carcinoid in a cat. Rossmeisl JH Jr, Forrester SD, Robertson JL, Cook WT. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2002 Jan–Feb;38(1):616 A geriatric domestic shorthair cat was presented for evaluation of chronic vomiting. Chronic renal failure was diagnosed on the basis of physical examination findings and results of a serum biochemical profile and urinalysis. Endoscopically obtained gastric biopsies were suggestive of a carcinoid tumor. Subsequently, an exploratory celiotomy with partial gastrectomy was performed. Histopathological and electron microscopic analysis of surgical biopsy specimens confirmed the diagnosis of a gastric carcinoid, which has not been previously reported in the cat. Following complete excision, the cat remained clinically stable and free of signs of gastrointestinal disease for 4 months before requiring treatment for progressive renal failure.
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NEWS Working together with the AAFP The ESFM and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) are now official partners in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. The two Societies have a great deal in common in their aims to provide quality information on cat care for practitioners and thus to improve the health and welfare of feline patients. ESFM is delighted to be working with the AAFP and hope that this is the beginning of further collaboration and exchange of information — cats can only benefit. These pink pages will now also incorporate information from the AAFP.
ESFM and AAFP conferences The Feline Focus diary section is brimming with conferences! These include the usual precongress study day at BSAVA and a second ESFM programme at the ESVIM Congress in Munich this year. ESFM’s 1st Annual Congress in
Stockholm completes the trio for the year with a very exciting programme and a chance to meet other feline enthusiasts over dinner in the evening. The AAFP winter meeting is taking place as this journal goes to press. Two meetings are planned for 2003. Proceedings of all the meetings will appear in JFMS. Book soon to avoid disappointment!
Cat-only practices in Europe Further to our list of cat-only practices printed in vol 3 issue 3 of JFMS, we have heard from an exclusively feline practice in Germany. Dr Jurgen Kremendahl Berghauser Str 128 D-42349 Wuppertal Germany Tel and fax: +49 0202 4733002 E-mail: [email protected]
Colour illustrations for JFMS We are now delighted to announce that any paper published in JFMS can be printed with colour illustrations rather than the usual black and white. This will make a great deal of difference to the reproduction of illustrations on many topics and will add hugely to the quality of presentation of many papers. Glossy prints and 35 mm slides are suitable for reproduction — radiographs are still best supplied as black and white prints from the original radiograph for optimal reproduction. Digital camera images and scanned slides are suitable, providing they are of a sufficiently high resolution — we ask for a minimum of 200 dpi and preferably 300 dpi. Often digitally supplied images are only about 70 dpi and while this is sufficient for looking at images on a screen, it is not sufficiently good for printing purposes. The normal image size for a column-wide images problems too as they will not have to be enlarged. For printing purposes pictures need to be scanned in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) and not RGB (red, green, blue). Changing a scan from RGB to CMYK leads to colour distortion in the image. We look forward to receiving your papers.
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Feline Focus DIARY If you are holding a feline meeting and would like to publicise it further, please send details to: Claire Bessant, JFMS, Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury Wiltshire SP3 6LD, UK. Fax: +44 (0)1747 871873. E-mail: [email protected]
Waltham/ESFM Feline Symposium Pre-BSAVA Congress Midlands Engineering Centre, Austin Court, Birmingham Wednesday April 3, 2002 08.15 Registration 09.15 Can chronic pain be managed in the cat? Duncan Lascalles, Florida 10.05 Managing the refactory case of IBD Dr A Jergens, Iowa State University 10.55 Coffee break 11.40 Advanced therapeutic approaches for the management of uraemia Dr L Cowgill, University of California, Davis 12.30 Lunch 13.45 Feline lymphoma — what’s new in 2002? Greg Ogilvy, Colorado State University 14.30 Diastolic function — is this the key to successful management of many feline cardiomyopathies? Dr V Luis-Fuentes, Ohio State University 15.15 Tea break 15.55 How I deal with the cat with diarrhoea Dr T Tams, Veterinary Centers of America 16.40 Questions 17.00 Close To be followed by the AGM of ESFM at approximately 17.00. Cost of attending: £50 (84 Euros) for ESFM members, £60 (100 Euros) for non-members (to include coffee, buffet lunch and tea. Contact the ESFM office at Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury, Wilts SP3 6LD, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872; fax: +44 (0)1747 871873; e-mail: [email protected]
ESFM 1st Annual Congress Radisson SAS Royal Park Hotel, Stockholm Saturday 7–Sunday 8 September 2002 Sponsored by Fort Dodge and Novartis
Saturday, September 7 08.15 Registration 09.00 Genetic diseases of cats Richard Malik, University of Sydney 09·45 Bacterial lower respiratory tract disease in cats Richard Malik 10.30 Coffee 11.00 Feline vestibular diseases — new developments Richard Le Couteur, University of California Davis 11.45 Spinal cord disorders Richard Le Couteur 12.30 Lunch 14.00 Advanced diagnostic techniques in feline brain disease Richard Le Couteur 14.45 A new look at FLUTD Danielle Gunn-Moore, University of Edinburgh 15.30 Tea 16.00 Studies of lymphoma in Australian cats — lessons for Europe? Richard Malik 16.45 FeLV and FeLV vaccination Andrew Sparkes, Animal Health Trust 17.30 End 20.00
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Sunday, September 8 09.00 Clinical approach to infertility in the queen Stefano Romagnoli, University of Padova 09.45 Update on feline neuromuscular disease Richard Le Couteur 10.30 Coffee 11.00 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats — it used to be so simple! Jens Haggstrom, University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 11.45 Challenging cases in feline medicine Richard Malik 12.30 Discussion 13.00 Close
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Cost of attending: £120 (200 Euros) for ESFM members, £150 (250 Euros) for non-members. Includes coffee, lunch and tea on Saturday and congress dinner on Saturday evening. Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872; fax: +44 (0)1747 871873; e-mail: [email protected]. Information on booking the hotel for accommodation is also available.
Hill’s/ESFM Feline Symposium At ESVIM Congress, Munich 18–21 September 2002 08.45 09.30 10.15 10.45 11.30 12.30 13.30
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Current concepts of chemotherapy in feline lymphoma Erik Teske, University of Utrecht Nutrition in the feline cancer patient Joe Bartges Coffee Retroviral diagnosis Hans Lutz, University of Zurich Antiviral therapies in the cat Katrin Hartmann Lunch State of the art lecture Host-pathogen interaction in feline mycobacterial disease Richard Malik What’s new in FLUTD Joe Bartges Tea break Feline amyloidosis Richard Malik Abstracts
Bookings to be made through the European Society of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ESVIM). It is possible to book for one day only or for the whole Congress. For further details see www.esvim.com or contact Mrs Laura Lancee, PO Box 80, 154, NL-3508TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Fax: +31 30 2518 126
Second International FCoV/FIP Symposium The Second International Feline Coronavirus/Feline Infectious Peritonitis Symposium will be held in Galsgow, Scotland, UK on 4–7 August 2002. Like the hugely successful first conference hosted by Professor Niels Pedersen in the University of California, the Second will welcome scientists, veterinary surgeons, cat breeders, cat rescue charities
and industry. The proceedings will be published in the JFMS. Professor Pederson will open the meeting with an overview of feline coronavirus and FIP. Other international speakers include Dr Diane Addie, Professor Sandor Belak, Dr Dave Harbour, Professor Marian Horzinek, Dr Melissa Kennedy, Dr Istvan Kiss, Dr Andreas Kolb, Professor Hans Luts, Dr Saverio Paltrinieri, Dr Alan Radford, Professor Peter Rottier and Professor Stuart Siddell. Sessions include: Background to FcoV/FIP Molecular epidemiology of FcoV infection Pathogenesis and imunopathogenesis of FIP Diagnosis and treatment of FIP Prevention of FCoV infection/FIP For further details go to the conference website (www.felinecoronavirus.com) or contact the conference co-ordinator, Dr Diane Addie to be added to the mailing list, submit abstracts or to offer sponsorship. The deadline for abstracts is April 30, 2002. Dr Addie can be contacted at the University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Tel: +44 (0)141 330 5786; fax: +44 (0)141 330 5748; e-mail: [email protected]
FAB Conference The Apollo Hotel, Basingstoke, Hants Saturday 12 October, 2002 Sponsored by Masterfoods 09.00 09.45 10.00 10.55 11.15 11.55 12.40 13.50 14.35 15.10
Registration FAB Update Fading kittens Tim Gruffydd-Jones, University of Bristol Case report Michael Kraijer, FAB Resident, University of Edinburgh Coffee Wobbly kittens Sarah Caney, FAB Lecturer, University of Bristol Lunch FAB AGM Cats in Art Dr Andrew Edney The importance of kitten socialisation Vicky Halls, behaviour counsellor
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Tea Case report Charlotte Jackson, FAB Resident, University of Bristol Preventative health care for kittens — working with your vet to keep your kittens healthy Bradley Viner Question Close
Cost of attending: £38 for FAB members and £48 for non-members — to include coffee, lunch and tea. Book through FAB, Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury, Wilts SP3 6LD. Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872; fax: +44 (0)1747 871873; e-mail: [email protected]
AAFP meeting, Winter 2003 March 9, 2002-02-11 Cancun, Mexico Omni Cancun and Villas
AAFP meeting, Fall 2003 October 18–21, New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Marriott AAFP, 200 4th Avenue Northsuite 900, Nashville, Tennessee 37219, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
AGENDA FOR THE AGM OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF FELINE MEDICINE 2002 To be held on 3rd April 2002, 17.00 Austin Court, ICC, Birmingham • Apologies for absence • Minutes of previous meeting • Matters arising from the minutes • Election of EC members and composition of the Executive Committee C Dr Sarah Caney (The Feline Centre, University of Bristol) has received several nominations for the position of Secretary of the EC • President’s report • Membership report • Treasurer’s report • JFMS report • Future meetings • Any other business • Date of the next meeting
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ESFM BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES AUSTRIA Dr Karin Holler (Treasurer) Tierklinik Leonding Mayrhansenstrase 21A A-4060 Leonding, AUSTRIA BELGIUM Ariane Garber 27 Rue J B van Page 1083 Bruxelles, BELGIUM Tel: 322 4283963 e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] CZECH REPUBLIC Zdenek Knotek Small Animal Clinic Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Veterinary and Pharmacological Science Palackeho 1/3, 61242 Brno CZECH REPUBLIC e-mail: [email protected] DENMARK Raiku Sarva˚ Falstersvej 9 DK 2000 Frederiksberg DENMARK Tel: +388 84777 Fax: +388 85777 FINLAND Dr PhD Suvi Pohjola-Stenroos Felina Cat Clinic Tyo¨miehenkatu 4 C 00180 Helsinki, FINLAND Tel: 358-9-686 6560 Fax: 358-9-685 2299 e-mail: [email protected] FRANCE Michelle Ferme´-Fradin 85 ter Bd Soult 75012 Paris, FRANCE Tel: 33 1 43436344 Fax: 33 1 43473791 e-mail: [email protected] GERMANY Dr habil Katrin Hartmann Medizinische Tierklinik Veterinasse 13 8000 Munchen 40, GERMANY Tel: 49 89 21802697 Fax: 49 89 21806240, e-mail: [email protected]
HUNGARY Dr Bela Lakatos Biogdanfy u 7B/22 H-1117 Budapest, HUNGARY IRELAND Carmel Mooney University College Dublin Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Dept. of Small Animal Clinic Studies Veterinary College Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, IRELAND Tel: 353 1 66 87988 Fax: 353 1 66 75401 e-mail: [email protected] ITALY Prof Dott Stefano Romagnoli Veterinary Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Andrology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Padua, ITALY Tel: 39 049 827 2948 Fax: 39 049 827 2602 e-mail: [email protected] Dr Stefano Bo Dipartimento di Patologia Animale Universita di Torino Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, ITALY Tel: 390 11 6688769 Fax: 390 11 8174325 e-mail: [email protected] THE NETHERLANDS Dr Herman Egberink Associate Professor Virology Unit, Veterinary Faculty Utrecht University, de Uithof Androclusgebouw Yalelaan 1, 3584 CL Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS Tel: 31 302532487 Fax: 31302536723 e-mail: [email protected] Dr Ton Willemse Dept Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals Veterinary Faculty Utrecht University, de Uithof Yalelaan 8, 3584 CM Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS Tel: 31 30 2531681 or 1589 Fax: 31 30 2518126 e-mail: [email protected]
NORWAY Dr Babette Baddaky Taugbol Eidskog Dyreklinikk A/S 2230 Skotterud NORWAY Tel: 47 62 835666 Fax: 47 62 836665 e-mail: [email protected]
SWEDEN Ulla Bjo¨rnehammar Skuleviksva¨gen 17 S-45593 Munkedal, SWEDEN e-mail: [email protected] SWITZERLAND Dr Hans Lutz Veterinarnedizinisches Labor der Universitat Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 260 CH-8057 Zurich, SWITZERLAND Tel: 4 11 16358312 Fax: 4 11 16358906 e-mail: [email protected]
POLAND Prof dr Tadeusz Frymus Dept of Infectious Diseases Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Warsaw Agricultural University Ul Grochowska 272 03849 Warsaw, POLAND Tel/Fax: 48 228 104651 e-mail: [email protected]
Dr Kaspar Rohner Tierarzt, Zu¨rcherstrasse 3 Niederglatt 8172, SWITZERLAND Tel: 4 11 8518070 Fax: 4 11 8548071 e-mail: [email protected]
Prof Dr Hab Roman Lechnowski Department of Internal Diseases Veterinary Faculty Agricultural University of Warsaw Grochowska 272 03849 Warsaw, POLAND Tel/fax: 48 22 810 2142 e-mail: [email protected]
UK Dr Andrew Sparkes (Secretary ESFM) The Animal Health Trust Centre for Small Animal Studies Lanwades Park, Kentford Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7UU, UK Tel: 44 1638 552700 Fax: 44 1638 555600 e-mail: [email protected] (SECRETARY/JFMS EDITOR)
RUSSIA Dr Margarita Rakhamina All Russian State Research Institute for Control, Standardization & Certification 5 Zvenigorodskove Shosse 123022 Moscow, RUSSIA Tel: 7 095 2593546 Fax: 7 095 2531491
Myra Forster-van Hijfte The Tile House Deepdene Wood Dorking RH5 4BD Tel: 01306 640515 Fax: 01306 640514 e-mail: [email protected]
Dr Eugeniy Nepoklonov State Diagnostics & Prevention Centre for Human and Animal Diseases 42 Timiryazevskaya Street 125422 Moscow, RUSSIA Tel/Fax: 7 095 2075474
BOR LIAISON Prof Dr H C Marian Horzinek Director Institute of Veterinary Research Utrecht University, de Uithof Practicumgebouw, Yalelaan 1 3584, Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS Tel: 31 30 253 2485 Fax: 31 30 253 6723 e-mail: [email protected]
SPAIN Mr Paul Hindson Centro Veterinario Calle Los Naranjos s/n Pueblo Lopez 29640 Fuengirola Malaga, SPAIN Tel: 34 5 462688
Prof dr Manfred Reinacher Universitat Leipzig Inst fur Vet Pathologie Margarete-Blank Str 4 04103 Leipzig, GERMANY Tel: 49 341 9738271 Fax: 49 341 9738299
ESFM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT: PROF DOTT STEFANO ROMAGNOLI Veterinary Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Padua, Italy Tel: 39 049 827 2948, Fax: 39 049 827 2602 E-mail: [email protected]
SECRETARY: ANDREW SPARKES TREASURER: MYRA FORSTER-van HIJFTE FAB LIAISON: DR TIM GRUFFYDD-JONES CHIEF EXECUTIVE: CLAIRE BESSANT BOR LIAISON: MARIAN HORZINEK
CONTACTING ESFM Please send letters/articles/comments for JFMS to Claire Bessant, ESFM/FAB, Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 6LD, England. Tel: 44 1747 871872, Fax: 44 1747 871873 Membership details may also be obtained from this address.
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The European Society of Feline Medicine was founded in 1996 by the Feline Advisory Bureau. Now ESFM has almost 600 members from 35 countries. In April 1999 ESFM and Harcourt Brace launched the first issue of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, the official journal of the Society. The quarterly peer-reviewed Journal aims to publish high quality original papers and reviews on all aspects of feline medicine and surgery, including relevant basic research, hotline editorials, short communications and letters. The international news section provides information about ESFM and other feline veterinary meetings, society news, new developments and relevant issues from other publications and meetings. Many ESFM members are also members of the Feline Advisory Bureau and receive the quarterly FAB Journal which covers wider feline issues such as standards of boarding, feline behaviour, case studies, general cat care, news and other commissioned features. The membership rates and categories are listed below: European Society of Feline Medicine membership ESFM members receive the quarterly Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (JFMS) and reduced rates to ESFM conferences and meetings. Annual ESFM membership UK and overseas £60 (100 Euros) Feline Advisory Bureau membership FAB members receive the quarterly FAB Journal and reduced rates to FAB conferences and meetings. Annual FAB membership UK £22 Annual FAB membership overseas £32 (53 Euros) Life FAB membership UK £250 Life FAB membership overseas £300 (500 Euros) Joint annual FAB/ESFM membership UK £77 Joint annual FAB/ESFM membership overseas £87 (145 Euros) FAB life members will receive a £5 reduction on the ESFM rate. Practice membership Many veterinary surgeons and nurses are members of FAB. We have now put together a practice membership under which the practice receives a Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, an FAB Journal, a set of FAB information sheets (60) in a binder and a Certificate of Membership for the waiting room. Any members of the practice (veterinary surgeons or nurses) can then claim reduced rates to any FAB/ESFM conferences or meetings. Practice membership UK £95 Practice membership overseas £120 (200 Euros)
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Feline Focus ABSTRACTS Radiation therapy in the treatment of canine and feline thymomas: a retrospective study (1985-1999). Smith AN, Wright JC, Brawner WR Jr, LaRue SM, Fineman L, Hogge GS, Kitchell BE, Hohenhaus AE, Burk RL, Dhaliwal RS, Duda LE. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2001 Sep–Oct;37(5):489–96 A retrospective study was performed of 17 dogs and seven cats with various stages of thymoma treated with radiation alone or as an adjunctive therapy. Analysis revealed an overall response rate of 75% (15/20 evaluable cases). Partial (i.e., >50%; reduction in tumor size) and complete (i.e., no detectable tumor) responses were included. Complete responses were rare (4/20). Three of five animals with stable disease (i.e., <50% change in tumor size) had improvements in clinical signs, despite lack of measurable response. A median survival time of 248 days (range, 93 to 1,657+ days) was achieved in dogs, and a median survival time of 720 days (range, 485 to 1,825+ days) was achieved in cats. Radiation therapy appears to be useful in the management of invasive thymomas in dogs and cats. Radiotherapy in three suspect cases of feline thymoma. Kaser-Hotz B, Rohrer CR, Fidel JL, Nett CS, Horauf A, Hauser B. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2001 Sep–Oct;37(5):483–8 Radiation therapy for three cases of suspect feline thymoma is described. The thymoma was controlled for 4 years in case no. 1. Case no. 2 responded well to radiation therapy but was euthanized after 2 months because of a nasal adenocarcinoma. Case no. 3 continues to do well more than 8 months after radiotherapy. Difficulties in diagnosing feline thymomas are discussed, and biological behavior as well as different treatment modalities of feline and human thymomas are compared. PMID: 11563449 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Feline leukemia virus DNA vaccine efficacy is enhanced by coadministration with interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-18 expression vectors. Hanlon L, Argyle D, Bain D, Nicolson L, Dunham S, Golder MC, McDonald M, McGillivray C, Jarrett O, Neil JC, Onions DE. J Virol 2001 Sep;75(18):8424–33 The expectation that cell-mediated immunity is important in the control of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) infection led us to test a DNA vaccine administered alone or with cytokines that favored the development of a Th1 immune response. The vaccine consisted of two plasmids, one expressing the gag/pol genes and the other expressing the env gene of FeLV-A/Glasgow-1. The genetic adjuvants were plasmids encoding the feline cytokines interleukin-12 (IL-12), IL-18, or
gamma interferon (IFN-gamma). Kittens were immunized by three intramuscular inoculations of the FeLV DNA vaccine alone or in combination with plasmids expressing IFN-gamma, IL-12, or both IL-12 and IL-18. Control kittens were inoculated with empty plasmid. Following immunization, anti-FeLV antibodies were not detected in any kitten. Three weeks after the final immunization, the kittens were challenged by the intraperitoneal inoculation of FeLV-A/ Glasgow-1 and were then monitored for a further 15 weeks for the presence of virus in plasma and, at the end of the trial, for latent virus in bone marrow. The vaccine consisting of FeLV DNA with the IL-12 and IL-18 genes conferred significant immunity, protecting completely against transient and persistent viremia, and in five of six kittens protecting against latent infection. None of the other vaccines provided significant protection. Omentalization of the thorax for treatment of idiopathic chylothorax with constrictive pleuritis in a cat. Lafond E, Weirich WE, Salisbury SK. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2002 Jan–Feb;38(1):74–8 A 6-year-old, spayed female Himalayan cat with idiopathic chylothorax, which failed to respond to medical management, was successfully treated by advancement of the omentum into the thorax. Exploratory thoracotomy revealed severe, constrictive pleuritis as a sequela to chylothorax. Because of the poor prognosis for recovery from chylothorax in cats with thoracic duct ligation alone, and the lack of success in performing thoracic duct ligation in this cat, the omentum was advanced into the thorax through a hole created in the diaphragm and sutured within the thoracic cavity. The cat recovered from surgery and is clinically normal 13 months postoperatively. Omental advancement may be an effective surgical management technique for this challenging disease in cats. Chronic vomiting associated with a gastric carcinoid in a cat. Rossmeisl JH Jr, Forrester SD, Robertson JL, Cook WT. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2002 Jan–Feb;38(1):616 A geriatric domestic shorthair cat was presented for evaluation of chronic vomiting. Chronic renal failure was diagnosed on the basis of physical examination findings and results of a serum biochemical profile and urinalysis. Endoscopically obtained gastric biopsies were suggestive of a carcinoid tumor. Subsequently, an exploratory celiotomy with partial gastrectomy was performed. Histopathological and electron microscopic analysis of surgical biopsy specimens confirmed the diagnosis of a gastric carcinoid, which has not been previously reported in the cat. Following complete excision, the cat remained clinically stable and free of signs of gastrointestinal disease for 4 months before requiring treatment for progressive renal failure.
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