This month Yaiza Gomez-Meijas is joined by Dr Ryane Englar who has published two articles on 'Recasting the gold standard' that were published in the JFMS special collection on Accessible veterinary care. We also continue our discussion about the treatment of invasive fungal infections with Nathalie Dowgray and Prof. Vanessa Barrs. Our first conversation between Yaiza and Ryane features a discussion on the continuum of care in veterinary medicine, emphasizing a shift from the gold standard approach to more tailored and patient-centred care. Additionally, it delves into strategies for initiating conversations with clients about healthcare options and case management decisions. The conversation on contextualised care also continues into the discussion on the treatment of invasive fungal infections where Prof. Barrs discusses drug selection and how to best approach these discussions with owners where the treatment options are often prolonged. Make sure you check out part one of our interview with Prof. Barrs in our January episode (entitled: ‘FCoV-23: Is it driving the Cyprus FIP Outbreak?’) in which we discuss the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections. For further reading material please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X231209855 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X231215639 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1098612X231219696 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1098612X231220047 For ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Yaiza Gomez-Mejias, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, ISFM Community Coordinator and Small Animal Clinician Ryane Englar, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice), Executive Director of Clinical and Professional Skills, Associate Professor of Practice, and member of the founding faculty at the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine. Vanessa Barrs, BVSc (Hons), PhD, MVetClinStud, FANZCVS (Feline Medicine), Registered specialist in Feline Medicine, Dean of Hong Kong Veterinary School and past president of the International Society of Companion Animal Infectious Diseases.

This month Nathalie Dowgray, Head of ISFM, talks with Vicky Halls from iCatCare about her work focusing on unowned cats and the new developments in the Cat Friendly Homing program. Later in the episode, Dr Chris Scudder is invited to discuss hypersomatotropism-induced diabetes in cats as part of our JFMS clinical spotlight series. Vicky talks us through the work she has been leading on unowned cats over the past few years and they discuss the exciting Global Enablers Grant received from Battersea which will aid in the expansion of this program. Vicky's role as Head of Unowned Cats not only involves carrying the Cat Friendly Homing model forward, but also includes developing training courses, consulting about cat population management, and resource creation. Hypersomatotropism is becoming increasingly recognised as a comorbidity in cases of feline diabetes. Nathalie and Chris delve into the clinical signs, testing procedures, and management of this condition in feline patients. For further reading material please visit: https://icatcare.org/unowned-cats/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X241226690 For ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Vicky Halls, RVN Dip Couns, Head Of Unowned Cats for International Cat Care and published author Chris Scudder, BVSc MVetMed PhD DACVIM-SAIM DECVIM-CA MRCVS, Senior Lecturer, Researcher and Mentor Liason at SAMSoc, JFMS Published Author

This month Nathalie Dowgray is joined by Dr Charalampos Attipa, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh who has been investigating the causes of the FIP outbreak in Cyprus. We also feature our monthly JFMS Clinical Spotlight interview in which Nathalie discussed the diagnostic approach to invasive fungal infections with Professor Vanessa Barrs. 2023 saw a large spike in cases of FIP amongst Cypriot cats. Dr Attipa has been part of an international collaboration investigating the cause of this increase in cases and explains how and why FCOV-23 is different. We are then joined by Prof. Barrs to discuss how climate change is causing alterations in the distribution of fungal diseases globally. We discuss what we should be aware of and how to diagnose invasive fungal infections. Stay tuned for part two of our interview with Vanessa, where we discuss treatment, which will be available in the coming months! For further reading material please visit: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.08.566182v2.full.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1098612X231219696 If you are interested in learning more about the situation with FIP in Cyprus, please follow the link to sign up to the EveryCat webinar: https://everycat.org/webinar-feline-infectious-peritonitis-from-the-fcov-to-fcov23-the-cyprus-case-or-a-new-perspective-in-the-way-we-see-coronaviruses/ For ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Charalampos Attipa, DVM, MRes, MVetMED, PhD, DipACVP, MRCVS, RVCS & American Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Clinical Pathology Vanessa Barrs, BVSc (Hons), PhD, MVetClinStud, FANZCVS (Feline Medicine), Registered specialist in Feline Medicine, Dean of Hong Kong Veterinary School and past president of the International Society of Companion Animal Infectious Diseases.

Our focus this month is on the JFMS Special Collection about accessible veterinary care which is available for you to read using the link below. Firstly, Nathalie Dowgray sits down with Dr Linda Jacobson, our special guest editor of the collection. We discuss how the collection came to be, the barriers preventing cats from receiving veterinary care and the work she is doing with the Toronto Humane Society to help both cats and caregivers who are struggling. Nathalie is then joined by International Cat Care’s Head Of Unowned Cats, Vicky Halls, and they speak with Dr Gemma Ma about her paper on the characteristics of cat semi-owners and their impact in Australia. For further reading material please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/topic/collections-jfm/jfm-1_accessible_veterinary_care/jfm For ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Linda Jacobson, BVSc, MMedVet(Med), PhD (U Pretoria), Senior Manager of Shelter Medicine Advancement at Toronto Humane Society, President & Treasurer of the Canadian Animal Shelter and Community Medicine Association. Vicky Halls, RVN Dip Couns, Head Of Unowned Cats for International Cat Care and published author Gemma Ma, BVSc (USyd), PhD (USyd), Project Manager at Keeping Cats Safe at Home, Community Veterinarian at RSPCA NSW and published JFMS Author.

Welcome to this bonus episode of Chattering with ISFM, brought to you in collaboration with IDEXX and Purina. In this episode, Nathalie Dowgray is in discussion with Dr. Zoe Belshaw about senior wellness clinics. Our conversation goes beyond wondering if prevention is better than cure and expands into a discussion about best practices when setting up a wellness clinic, the importance of contextualised care and examines the relationship between the veterinarian, the caregivers and the cat itself. We hope you enjoy this episode! For further reading material please visit: https://www.catcare4life.org/ For ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Zoe Belshaw Zoe is a veterinary surgeon with a clinical specialism in small animal internal medicine. She received a PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2017 for investigating welfare assessment in canine osteoarthritis, and was awarded the BSAVA Petsavers Award in 2020. She has worked in general practice, referral clinics, university teaching hospitals and charity practice. She is currently combining looking after a toddler with collaborative research on how veterinary professionals and owners make decisions about pets with chronic illness, how the quality of life of those pets and owners can best be assessed, and characterising the Pandemic Puppy phenomenon.

This month Nathalie Dowgray is speaking with Dr Kelly St. Denis about her study on the benefits of being a Cat Friendly Practice. We also feature our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Nathalie discusses surgical management of biliary tract disease in cats with Dr. Daniel Low. To begin our episode, Nathalie speaks to Dr. Kelly St. Denis about her study on the benefits of being a cat friendly practice in regards to laboratory testing and improved diagnosis of common feline conditions. Dr. St. Denis discusses her collaboration with AAFP and IDEXX in conducting the study, the financial and clinical outcomes from the data and the possible reasons behind the improved diagnoses in cat friendly practices. The episode also features a discussion with Dr. Daniel Low on his review article about the surgical management of biliary tract disease in cats. Dr. Low offers insight into diagnosing extrahepatic biliary tract obstruction, the procedures involved in its surgical management, as well as the circumstances in which these surgeries should be referred to specialists. For further reading material please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X231204199 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X231206846 For ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Kelly St Denis,MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), 2022 ISFM/AAFP Cat Friendly Veterinary Environment Guidelines Co-Chair, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, Canada Daniel Low,BVetMed MRCVS Surgical Intern, Veterinary Surgeon and co-author of a JFMS publication.

This month Nathalie Dowgray is speaking with Dr Panayiotis Mavrikios about the 2023 FIP outbreak in Cyprus. We also feature our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Dr. Kelly St Denis discusses the AAFP/IAAHPC Feline Hospice and Palliative care guidelines with Diane Eigner and Katrina Breitreiter. To begin our episode, we sit down with an ISFM academy member from Cyprus, Dr Panayiotis Mavrikios, as he shares what it has been like seeing this volume of FIP cases, how diagnostics are being selected and what treatment is now available to vets in Cyprus. Dr Kelly St Denis is then joined by Dr Diane Eigner and Dr Katrina Breitreiter, the co-chairs of the 2023 AAFP/IAAHPC Feline Hospice and Palliative Care guidelines. We learn the definitions of hospice care, palliative care and comfort care. For further reading material please visit: https://icatcare.org/fip-outbreak-cyprus/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37768060/ Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Panayiotis Mavrikios, DVM MRCVS MANZCVS (Feline), ISFM Academy Member and Small Animal Veterinarian Kelly St Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), 2022 ISFM/AAFP Cat Friendly Veterinary Environment Guidelines Co-Chair, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, Canada Diane Eigner, VMD MBA CVPM CHPV, Past President of the American Association of Feline Practitioners and owner and founder of The Cat Doctor. Katrina Breitreiter, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Austin's only board-certified specialist in feline practice, and member of the American Association of Feline Practitioners (Plus many more!) For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month Dr. Yaiza Gomez-Meijias talks to Dr. Jenny Brown about perioperative anaesthesia complications. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Dr. Kelly St Denis discusses inhalational therapy for feline inflammatory airway disease with Dr. Michael Barchilon (See More…) To begin our episode, we sit down with our ISFM 2023 Delegates Choice Award Winner, Dr Jenny Brown, as she shares the results of her abstract entitled 'Perioperative Anaesthetic Complications In Healthy Cats Undergoing Anaesthesia For Neutering In First Opinion Practice'. We are then joined by Dr Michael Barchilon, to discuss his latest JFMS article 'Breathe easy: Inhalation therapy for feline inflammatory airway disease'. We learn the differences between asthma and chronic bronchitis as well as the treatment options you can consider for your patients. For further reading material please visit: https://go.icatcare.org/AbstractJennyBrownPamelaMurison https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X231193054 Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Yaiza Gomez Mejias, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, ISFM Community Coordinator and small animal clinician Jenny Brown, BSc BVM&S MRCVS MANZCVS, RCVS advanced practitioner in veterinary anaesthesia and diagnostic imaging, and clinical director of Bracken Veterinary Centre. Kelly St Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), 2022 ISFM/AAFP Cat Friendly Veterinary Environment Guidelines Co-Chair, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, Canada Michael Barchilon, DVM, DACVIM, Clinical Instructor and published JFMS Author For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month Dr Nathalie Dowgray talks to Dr Sam Taylor about FIP. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Kelly St Denis discusses the feline chronic gingivostomatitis with Dr. Maria Soltero-Rivera. To begin our episode, Nathalie is joined by fellow ISFM team member Sam Taylor. They discuss Sam's latest research on FIP which won the 2023 'scientific committee best abstract' award at the Dublin congress. Kelly St Denis then sits down with Dr. Maria Soltero-Rivera to discuss her JFMS clinical spotlight article ‘Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis - Current concepts in clinical management.’ Feline chronic gingivostomatitis is a challenging disease for both the cat and the veterinarian. They discuss the current and emerging science on the clinical management of this immune-mediated disease. For further reading material please visit: https://icatcare.org/app/uploads/2023/03/An-update-on-treatment-of-FIP-in-the-UK-2023.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1098612X231194460 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/1098612X231186834 Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons), CertSAM, DipECVIM-CA, MANCVS, FRCVS, Winner of the 2023 'scientific committee best abstract' Award, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Wiltshire, Tisbury, UK Kelly St Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), 2022 ISFM/AAFP Cat Friendly Veterinary Environment Guidelines Co-Chair, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, Canada Maria Soltero-Rivera, DVM, DAVDC, Assistant Professor of Dentistry & Oral Surgery and published JFMS Author For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month Dr. Karen Hiestand sits down with Dr. Nathalie Dowgray to talk about ethics in veterinary medicine. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Dr Kelly St Denis discusses the feline skin microbiome with Dr. Alison Diesel. To begin our episode, Nathalie is joined by Veterinary and Animal Ethics Lecturer and Researcher Dr Karen Heistand. They discuss the intricacies of balancing personal ethical views with those of caregivers or colleagues. Karen shares how she manages difficult ethical decisions and how we can improve things in practice. Kelly St Denis then sits down with Dr. Alison Diesel to discuss her JFMS clinical spotlight article The feline skin microbiome: interrelationship between health and disease as well as a wider discussion on Skin disease and dermatology. For further reading material please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098612X231180231 Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Dr Karen Heistand, BVSc, BSc, MSc, MA, MRCVS, Lecturer and Researcher in Animal and Veterinary Ethics Dr Kelly St Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), 2022 ISFM/AAFP Cat Friendly Veterinary Environment Guidelines Co-Chair, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, Canada Dr Alison Diesel, DVM, DACVD, Veterinary Dermatologist and JFMS Spotlight Author For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month, as we are discussing topics that are very close to our hearts, we have made the full version available to non-members. Yaiza Gomez-Mejias interviews the winner of the JFMS Resident best paper, Marieke Knies, about feline diabetes and the FreeStyle Libre. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Nathalie Dowgray discusses Cat Friendly Principles for Veterinary Professionals with her fellow authors. To begin our episode, Yaiza is joined by Marieke Knies who won the 2022 JFMS Open Reports Best Practitioner Paper with her study on feline diabetes and the FreeStyle Libre. They discuss the advantages, complications and clinical accuracy of the study as well as feedback from the cat owners involved. Nathalie then sits down with some of the team at International Cat Care who helped to develop and write Cat Friendly Principles for Veterinary Professionals: Dr Sarah Ellis, Vicky Halls and our former CEO Claire Bessant. They discuss why there was a need to develop these principles, what they entail and how the veterinary profession has evolved over the years to improve the care available for cats. For further reading material please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/1098612X221104051 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/1098612X221128750 Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Yaiza Gomez Mejias, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, ISFM Community Coordinator and small animal clinician Marieke Knies, DVM, MANZCVS (Feline), EMSAVM (Internal Medicine), Winner of the 2022 JFMS Open Reports Best Practitioner Paper Dr Sarah Ellis, Bsc, Pg-Dip, PHD, Head of Cat Advocacy at International Cat Care, Visiting Fellow at the University of Lincoln and Author. Vicky Halls, RVN Dip Couns, Registered Veterinary Nurse, Clinical Animal Behaviourist, Member of Cat Advocacy team at International Cat Care and Author. Claire Bessant, BSc (Hons), MBE, Former iCatCare Chief Executive of 28 years For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month Dr Sam Taylor sits down with Dr Daniel Ryan to talk about feline spinal disease. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Nathalie Dowgray discusses medical control of reproduction in toms, alongside other reproductive issues, with Professor Stefano Romagnoli. To begin our episode, Dr Sam Taylor is joined by Dr Daniel Ryan who was the winner of the 2022 JFMS Open Reports Best Practitioner Paper. They discuss the different types of disc extrusion, the ways in which they can present in our patients and his tips for diagnosis. Nathalie then sits down with Professor Stefano Romagnoli to discuss his JFMS clinical spotlight article Reversible control of reproduction in tom cats: medical options for manipulating libido and fertility as well as a wider discussion on the JFMS Reproduction special issues that Professor Romagnoli was the guest editor of. For further reading material please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/20551169221112068?fbclid=IwAR3rYVvwsUuuXLinBGoTxDILqLRgV1ByNj2xN7SiTKvfSTGox18F1KqQQ1w https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X231171406 Tune in next month for a very special episode and more clinical spotlight interviews. Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Dr Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons) CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MANZCVS FRCVS, Feline Medicine Specialist and ISFM Academy Lead Dr Daniel Ryan, BVM BVS BVMedSci AFHEA MRCVS, ECVN Resident in Neurology and Neurosurgery at Royal Veterinary College and winner of the 2022 JFMS Open Reports Best Practitioner Paper Dr Stefano Romagnoli, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl ECAR, Professor In Small Animal Reproduction and published JFMS Author For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month Nathalie Dowgray, Head of ISFM, is in conversation with Dr Sarah Heath about the impact feeding can have on feline behavioural issues. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Nathalie discusses chronic axillary wounds in cats with Dr Rodrigo Paulino. Recording during ISFM’s Rhodes Congress, Nathalie Dowgray is joined by feline behavioural specialist Dr Sarah Heath. She provides practical tips to improve feline behaviour when considering how we feed our furry friends in a multi-cat household and advocates for kitten information evenings in your practice to improve feline welfare. Nathalie then sits down with Dr Rodrigo Paulino to discuss his JFMS clinical spotlight article Chronic axillary wounds in cats: what do we know and how should we manage them? and Rodrigo shares advice for managing axillary wounds for those of us in general veterinary practice. At International Cat Care we advocate for microchipping as being the primary source of identification for cats and, where collars are being used as a secondary form of identification, we strongly advise that they are quick-release collars to prevent the risk of axillary collar wounds. For further reading material please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X231162880 https://portal.icatcare.org/events/show/fafc1909-0e1e-416e-9ba8-abe0b8e3a213 Tune in next month for more interviews recorded at ISFM in Rhodes, and next month's clinical spotlight interview. Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Dr Sarah Heath BVSc PgCertVE Dip.ECAWBM(BM) CCAB FHEA FRCV, RCVS and EBVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine for Companion Animals. Dr Rodrigo Paulino DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl ECAR, Veterinary Surgeon and published JFMS Author For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month Dr. Sam Taylor is in conversation with Dr Matt Gurney about feline sedation and the use of low dose ketamine. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which Head Of ISFM, Nathalie Dowgray, discusses feline urinary tract trauma with Dr Zoë Halfacree. Recording during ISFM’s Rhodes Congress, Dr Sam Taylor is joined by specialist in anaesthesia and analgesia Dr Matt Gurney. He talks about his early experiences using subcutaneous low dose ketamine, how it can help our patients and the different options they have for sedation. Nathalie then sits down with Dr Zoë Halfacree to discuss her JFMS clinical spotlight article Urinary Tract Trauma in Cats: Stabilisation, Diagnosis and Management and Zoë shares advice on how we can reduce the risk of iatrogenic ureteral trauma when we're catheterizing cats. For further reading material please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X231159073 http://www.alfaxan.co.uk/news/intramuscular-alfaxalone-in-the-cat Tune in next month for more interviews recorded at ISFM in Rhodes, and next month's clinical spotlight interview. Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM,, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons) CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MANZCVS FRCVS, Feline Medicine Specialist and ISFM Academy Lead Dr Matt Gurney, BVSc CertVA PgCertVBM DipECVAA FRCVS, RCVS and European Specialist in Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Dr Zoë Halfacree, MA VetMB CertVDI CertSAS FHEA DipECVS FRCVS, RCVS and EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month we begin with the first of our 'In Conversations With' sessions, where Dr. Sam Taylor talks with Professor Clare Rusbridge about neuropathic pain. We're also featuring our monthly JFMS clinical spotlight interview in which we discuss feline mandibular fractures with Dr. Alix Freeman ISFM’s own Dr. Sam Taylor is joined by Professor Clare Rusbridge at our Rhodes Congress to discuss neuropathic pain. We ask what exactly is it? How can we tell when a cat is suffering from neuropathic pain and how do we distinguish it from emotional distress? Are there treatment options for neuropathic pain? Nathalie then sits down with Dr. Alix Freeman to discuss her JFMS clinical spotlight article Mandibular fracture repair techniques in cats: a dentist perspective and Alix shares her top tips for those of us in GP practice. For further reading material please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098612X231152521 https://icatcare.org/event/isfm-vet-and-nurse-webinar-free-access-o-tubes-or-no-tubes-inappetence-and-feeding-tubes-in-cats/ Tune in next month for more interviews recorded at ISFM in Rhodes, and next month's clinical spotlight interview. Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM,, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons) CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MANZCVS FRCVS, Feline Medicine Specialist and ISFM Academy Lead Professor Clare Rusbridge BVMS PhD DipECVN FRCVS, RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology Alix Freeman, BA MA BVSc MRCVS, Clinician in Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Eastcott Veterinary Referrals For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month we begin by chatting with Dr. Jessica Quimby about her latest research on kidney disease in cats. We're also featuring the first of our JFMS Clinical Spotlight Interviews with Dr. Katrin Jahn talking about air travel and cats. Jessica and our host Nathalie Dowgray, Head of ISFM, discuss which additional medications you can use to support chronic renal cats with their appetite when suffering with nausea and Jessica talks about her latest study to assess how different medications may affect the blood pressure of our clients. Nathalie then sits down with Dr. Katrin Jahn to talk about her JFMS clinical spotlight article on feline stress management during air travel. For further reading material please visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1098612X221077017 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/1098612X221145521 Tune in next month for more interviews recorded at ISFM in Rhodes, and next month's clinical spotlight interview. For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Dr Jessica Quimby, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Associate Professor of small animal internal medicine at the Ohio State University, Winner of The International Renal Interest Society Award and the AVMF/Winn Feline Foundation Research Award. Dr Katrin Jahn, CertVA, MANZCVS (Vet Beh), MRCVS, Veterinarian, Veterinary Behaviourist and Resident in Veterinary Behaviour Medicine (ECAWBM & ACVB) For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month we have the second of our two episodes about feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). In June 2022, ISFM Academy Lead Sam Taylor sat down at our Congress in Rhodes with professors Danièlle Gunn-Moore and Séverine Tasker to discuss the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of FIP. We discuss how we managed to develop drugs for the treatment of FIP in the UK and Australia and how the response has been to those treatments so far. We also offer advice for monitoring our patients, how to navigate situations where there are financial challenges and how to discuss treatment plans with your clients (including what to do when a client buys medicine from the internet). For further reading material please visit: https://icatcare.org/advice/feline-infectious-peritonitis-fip/ http://www.abcdcatsvets.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/FIP_diagnostic_tool_Dec21.pdf We hope you enjoy part two of this discussion. Tune in next month for the first of our JFMS Clinical Spotlight Interviews and an interview with Dr. Jessica Quimby. For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons) CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MANZCVS FRCVS, Feline Medicine Specialist and ISFM Academy Lead Professor Séverine Tasker, BSc BVSc(Hons) PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA FHEA FRCVS, Chief Medical Officer for the Linnaeus Group. Honorary Professor of Feline Medicine at the University of Bristol. Professor Danièlle Gunn-Moore, BSc(Hon), BVM&S, PhD, MANZCVS (Feline), FHEA, FRSB, FRCVS,RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine, Professor in Feline Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

This month we have the first of our two episodes about feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). In June 2022, ISFM Academy Lead Sam Taylor sat down at our Congress in Rhodes with professors Danièlle Gunn-Moore and Séverine Tasker to discuss the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of FIP. We discuss the current thoughts on how Coronavirus causes FIP, how general practitioners can approach making a diagnosis and the differences between PCR tests. We also talk about the exciting developments in the treatment of FIP. For further reading material please visit: https://icatcare.org/advice/feline-infectious-peritonitis-fip/ http://www.abcdcatsvets.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/FIP_diagnostic_tool_Dec21.pdf We hope you enjoy part one of this discussion. Tune in next month for the second part of this series on FIP. For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head Of The International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) Speakers: Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons) CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MANZCVS FRCVS, Feline Medicine Specialist and ISFM Academy Lead Professor Séverine Tasker, BSc BVSc(Hons) PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA FHEA FRCVS, Chief Medical Officer for the Linnaeus Group. Honorary Professor of Feline Medicine at the University of Bristol. Professor Danièlle Gunn-Moore, BSc(Hon), BVM&S, PhD, MANZCVS (Feline), FHEA, FRSB, FRCVS, RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine, Professor in Feline Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

In our first episode, we discuss the new cat-friendly guidelines we’ve created with AAFP: Cat Friendly Interactions: Approach and Handling Techniques and The Cat Friendly Veterinary Environment. Nathalie Dowgray speaks with Ilona Rodan, Kelly St. Denis, Samantha Taylor, and Sarah Heath - all contributors to the new guidelines. We share some of the positive impacts that we’ve seen and how attitudes have changed in the 10 years since ISFM and AAFP launched the original guidelines - the cat friendly clinic programme and the cat friendly practice programme. We discuss reasons for updating the title of the guidelines and why we need to move away from negative terms like “angry” or “aggressive” when approaching cats in the consulting room. We explain some of the terminologies that we use in the guidelines and why it’s important for vets to recognise emotions and understand cats on a deeper level. We also talk about how you can create a welcoming environment for cats, whether you work in mixed practice or cat-only clinics and the benefits of working in a cat friendly way. Lastly, we share our top tips for cat friendly interactions! The guidelines are being published in November 2022 and will be free to view on the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgeries website. For ISFM members, the full recording of this roundtable discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org Host: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, 2022 AAFP/ISFM Cat Friendly Veterinary Interaction Guidelines Co-Chair, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers: Ilona Rodan, DVM, DABVP (Feline), 2022 AAFP/ISFM Cat Friendly Veterinary Interaction Guidelines Co-Chair, Cat Behavior Solutions, Cat Care Clinic, Madison, WI, USA Kelly St Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), 2022 ISFM/AAFP Cat Friendly Veterinary Environment Guidelines Co-Chair, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, Canada Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons), CertSAM, DipECVIM-CA, MANCVS, FRCVS , 2022 ISFM/AAFP Cat Friendly Veterinary Environment Guidelines Co-Chair, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Wiltshire, Tisbury, UK Sarah Heath, BVSc, PgCertVE, DipECAWBM(BM), CCAB, FHEA, FRCVS, Behavioural Referrals Veterinary Practice, Task Force Member Of Both Guidelines. For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org

The International Society Of Feline Medicine is proud to present our new podcast - Chattering With ISFM! Each month, we will cover topics relevant to all veterinarians with an interest in feline medicine. Our first episode will be out on the 24th of October, in which, Nathalie Dowgray (Head Of ISFM) chats with Ilona Rodan, Kelly St Denis, Sam Taylor, and Sarah Heath who have contributed to the new cat friendly guidelines, created with AAFP (The American Association of Feline Practitioners). We will discuss how things have changed in the last 10 years since the creation of our first set of feline friendly guidelines, and the introduction of the cat friendly clinic and cat friendly practice programmes. We will also share our top tips on being a cat friendly veterinarian. We hope you enjoy our first episode! In November and December, look out for our double episodes on FIP where Sam Taylor interviews professors Séverine Tasker and Danièlle Gunn-Moore. ISFM veterinary members will also have access to extended episodes via the ISFM portal. If you're not a member visit icatcare.org for more information. For ISFM members, the full recording of this discussion is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.org