Deskripsi Event

Advances in the diagnosis of pancreatitis in dogs and cats

2025/02/24 20:00 - 21:20 (UTC +8)

(Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan)

2025/02/24 19:00 - 20:20 (WIB)

(Indonesia)

Duration of webinar: 1 hour lecture with 20 minutes Q&A

Lecture summary

The diagnosis of pancreatitis remains challenging in dogs and cats. Traditionally, measurement of lipase activity has been used as a biomarker for pancreatitis, but all lipase activity assays available thus far measure a variety of different lipases and thus are neither specific nor sensitive. Measuring serum lipase immunoreactivity (PLI as measured by Spec cPL or Spec fPL), while sensitive and specific for pancreatitis, had an extended turn-around time. The new catalyst PL assay utilizes DGGR technology and is the first lipase activity assay that specifically measures pancreatic lipase. It can be measured in house and thus is ideal for patients that present with acute clinical signs. The assay has been standardized to provide equal numbers to the Spec PL assays and thus can be used interchangeably with those assays.

Jörg Steiner

DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DECVIM-CA, AGAF
Director of the Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Texas A&M University
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