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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 627-629 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- veterinary(all)