Abstract
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is thought to occur rarely in cats. This assumption has been made based on the lack of a specific test for this disease in the cat. Clinical data from the 1st 20 cats with serum feline trypsin-like immunoreactivity (fTLI) concentrations < or = 8 microg/L are presented. In 17 of these 20 cats compelling evidence for a diagnosis of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) was present and in the remaining 3 supportive evidence for a diagnosis of EPI was available. The conclusion was made that serum fTLI concentration is a specific test for EPI in the cat.
Publication types
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Evaluation Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Biopsy / veterinary
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Cat Diseases / blood
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Cat Diseases / diagnosis*
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Cats
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Chronic Disease
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Diarrhea / veterinary
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / veterinary
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Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / blood
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Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / diagnosis
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Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / veterinary*
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Female
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Folic Acid / blood
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Hypercholesterolemia / veterinary
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Male
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Partial Thromboplastin Time / veterinary
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Radioimmunoassay / veterinary
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Retrospective Studies
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Serum Albumin / analysis
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Thyroxine / blood
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Trypsin / blood*
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Trypsin / immunology
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Vitamin B 12 / blood
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Weight Loss
Substances
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Serum Albumin
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Folic Acid
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Trypsin
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Vitamin B 12
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Thyroxine