AAVN Webinar: GI Lab Diagnostics: When to Run Them and How to Interpret Results

There are a variety of minimally invasive diagnostics available to the practitioner to evaluate for the presence and sequalae of gastrointestinal and pancreatic diseases in companion animals. Many of these assays have been introduced over the last few years and offer additional insight into the cause and/or consequence of gastrointestinal diseases. Although these panels are widely available and relatively easy to perform, the results can occasionally be confusing and difficult to interpret especially when performed before other initial diagnostics and therapies have been performed. In this webinar, we will discuss when to (and when not to) run GI assays including the GI panel, infectious diarrhea panel, alpha 1 protease inhibitor, and dysbiosis index. We will also review how to interpret the results in light of the patient’s signalment, history, physical exam, and initial diagnostic findings and therapeutic trials.

Speaker: M. Katherine ("Katie") Tolbert, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM, SA nutrition) completed her small animal internal medicine residency and Ph.D. at North Carolina State University. She is a clinical associate professor in the Gastrointestinal Laboratory at Texas A&M University and is a member of the Dog Aging Project consortium. She completed an alternate-track residency in small animal nutrition at the University of Tennessee. Her clinical interests and research program are focused on the treatment of acute and chronic gastrointestinal diseases in dogs and cats.

This webinar is free to all AAVN members.  The cost for non-members is $20.

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