International VetCo Conference Small Animal Endocrinology in practice (May 21-22) - program
Saturday, session 1 – topic: Disorders of the thyroid gland
- Hypothyroidism in dogs – R Nelson
- Etiology
- Clinical symptoms
- Indications for laboratories tests
- Tests of thyroid gland function - interpretation
- Basic diagnosis
- Treatment
Hiperthyroidism in cats – M Peterson
- Pathogenesis and epidemiology
- Clinical image of patient
- Laboratory tests
- Test of thyroid gland function
- Basic diagnosis
- Difficulties in diagnosis of hyperthyroidism
- Cat with the correct volume of T4
- Enlarged thyroid gland in euthyreosis
- Methods of treatment
- Antithyroid drugs
- Surgery - thyroidectomy
- Radioactive Iodine
- Prognosis
Saturday, session II, topics: Diabetes mellitus, Diet in the selected endocrinopathies – R Nelson
- Overview of polyuria and polydypsia
- Initial treatment of diabetes mellitus in dogs
- Overview of insulin preparation
- Dietary recomendiation
- Aims of treatment
- Techniques for monitoring diabetes control
- Regression of diabetes
- Complications of diabetes mellitus: causes and diagnostic
Selected endocrinopathies versus nutrition in dogs and cats – M Jank
Sunday, session I, topic: Disorders of the adrenal gland, part I
Diagnostic of the hyperadrenocosticism in dogs – M Peterson
- Etiology and pathophysiology
- Pituitary – dependent hyperadrenocorticims
- Adrenocortical tumor
- Clinical symptoms
- Typical clinicopathologic features
- Tests to detect hyperadrenocorticism
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation test
- Low-doses dexamethazone suppresion test
- Urine cortisol to creatinine ratio
- Tests used in the hyperadrenocorticims diagnostics
- High-doses dexamethazone suppresion test
- Endogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone concentration estimation
- Diagnostic imaging
Hyperadrenocosticism treatment – M Peterson
- The assumptions in the selection of appropriate treatment
- Treatment using mitotane, trilostane, ketoconazole
- Pituitary gland radiation therapy
- Surgery treatment
- Unilateral adrenalectomy
- Pituitary gland resection
- Prognosis
Sunday, session II – topics: Disorders of the adrenal gland, part II. Atypical endocrynologic disorders
Hypoadrenocorticism in dogs – M Peterson
- Etiology and pathophysiology
- Primary hypoadrenocorticism
- Secondary hypoadrenocorticism
- Clinical symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prognosis
Insulin-secreting beta-cell neoplasia – R Nelson
Primary hyperparathyroidism – R Nelson
