Serum feline trypsin-like immunoreactivity in cats with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.

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.

authors

• Steiner, Joerg

published proceedings

• J Vet Intern Med

author list (cited authors)

• Steiner, J. M., & Williams, D. A.

citation count

• 53

complete list of authors

• Steiner, JM||Williams, DA

publication date

• November 2000

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (JVIM)  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Biopsy
• Cat Diseases
• Cats
• Chronic Disease
• Diarrhea
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
• Female
• Folic Acid
• Hypercholesterolemia
• Male
• Partial Thromboplastin Time
• Radioimmunoassay
• Retrospective Studies
• Serum Albumin
• Thyroxine
• Trypsin
• Vitamin B 12
• Weight Loss

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1892/0891-6640(2000)014<0627:sftiic>2.3.co;2

start page

• 627

end page

• 629

volume

• 14

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-1676.2000.tb02288.x