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Working together with the AAFP
The ESFM and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) are now official partners in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. The two Societies have a great deal in common in their aims to provide quality information on cat care for practitioners and thus to improve the health and welfare of feline patients. ESFM is delighted to be working with the AAFP and hope that this is the beginning of further collaboration and exchange of information — cats can only benefit. These pink pages will now also incorporate information from the AAFP.
ESFM and AAFP conferences
The Feline Focus diary section is brimming with conferences! These include the usual pre-congress study day at BSAVA and a second ESFM programme at the ESVIM Congress in Munich this year. ESFM's 1st Annual Congress in Stockholm completes the trio for the year with a very exciting programme and a chance to meet other feline enthusiasts over dinner in the evening. The AAFP winter meeting is taking place as this journal goes to press. Two meetings are planned for 2003. Proceedings of all the meetings will appear in JFMS. Book soon to avoid disappointment!
Cat-only practices in Europe
Further to our list of cat-only practices printed in vol 3 issue 3 of JFMS, we have heard from an exclusively feline practice in Germany.
Dr Jurgen Kremendahl
Berghauser Str 128 D-42349 Wuppertal Germany
Tel and fax: +49 0202 4733002
E-mail:
We are now delighted to announce that any paper published in JFMS can be printed with colour illustrations rather than the usual black and white. This will make a great deal of difference to the reproduction of illustrations on many topics and will add hugely to the quality of presentation of many papers.
Glossy prints and 35 mm slides are suitable for reproduction — radiographs are still best supplied as black and white prints from the original radiograph for optimal reproduction. Digital camera images and scanned slides are suitable, providing they are of a sufficiently high resolution — we ask for a minimum of 200 dpi and preferably 300 dpi. Often digitally supplied images are only about 70 dpi and while this is sufficient for looking at images on a screen, it is not sufficiently good for printing purposes. The normal image size for a column-wide images problems too as they will not have to be enlarged.
For printing purposes pictures need to be scanned in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) and not RGB (red, green, blue). Changing a scan from RGB to CMYK leads to colour distortion in the image.
We look forward to receiving your papers.
Diary
If you are holding a feline meeting and would like to publicise it further, please send details to: Claire Bessant, JFMS, Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury Wiltshire SP3 6LD, UK. Fax: +44 (0)1747 871873. E-mail:
Waltham/ESFM Feline Symposium Pre-BSAVA Congress Midlands Engineering Centre, Austin Court, Birmingham
Wednesday April 3, 2002
To be followed by the AGM of ESFM at approximately 17.00.
Cost of attending: £50 (84 Euros) for ESFM members, £60 (100 Euros) for non-members (to include coffee, buffet lunch and tea. Contact the ESFM office at Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury, Wilts SP3 6LD, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872; fax: +44 (0)1747 871873; e-mail:
ESFM 1st Annual Congress Radisson SAS Royal Park Hotel, Stockholm
Saturday 7–Sunday 8 September 2002
Cost of attending: £120 (200 Euros) for ESFM members, £150 (250 Euros) for non-members. Includes coffee, lunch and tea on Saturday and congress dinner on Saturday evening. Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872; fax: +44 (0)1747 871873; e-mail:
Hill's/ESFM Feline Symposium at ESVIM Congress, Munich
18–21 September 2002
Bookings to be made through the European Society of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ESVIM). It is possible to book for one day only or for the whole Congress. For further details see www.esvim.com or contact Mrs Laura Lancee, PO Box 80, 154, NL-3508TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Fax: +31 30 2518 126
Second International FCoV/FIP Symposium
The Second International Feline Coronavirus/Feline Infectious Peritonitis Symposium will be held in Galsgow, Scotland, UK on 4–7 August 2002. Like the hugely successful first conference hosted by Professor Niels Pedersen in the University of California, the Second will welcome scientists, veterinary surgeons, cat breeders, cat rescue charities and industry. The proceedings will be published in the JFMS.
Professor Pederson will open the meeting with an overview of feline coronavirus and FIP. Other international speakers include Dr Diane Addie, Professor Sandor Belak, Dr Dave Harbour, Professor Marian Horzinek, Dr Melissa Kennedy, Dr Istvan Kiss, Dr Andreas Kolb, Professor Hans Luts, Dr Saverio Paltrinieri, Dr Alan Radford, Professor Peter Rottier and Professor Stuart Siddell.
Sessions include:
Background to FcoV/FIP
Molecular epidemiology of FcoV infection
Pathogenesis and imunopathogenesis of FIP
Diagnosis and treatment of FIP
Prevention of FCoV infection/FIP
For further details go to the conference website (www.felinecoronavirus.com) or contact the conference co-ordinator, Dr Diane Addie to be added to the mailing list, submit abstracts or to offer sponsorship. The deadline for abstracts is April 30, 2002. Dr Addie can be contacted at the University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Tel: +44 (0)141 330 5786; fax: +44 (0)141 330 5748; e-mail:
FAB Conference: The Apollo Hotel, Basingstoke, Hants
Saturday 12 October, 2002
Cost of attending: £38 for FAB members and £48 for non-members — to include coffee, lunch and tea. Book through FAB, Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury, Wilts SP3 6LD. Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872; fax: +44 (0)1747 871873; e-mail:
AAFP meeting, Winter 2003
March 9, 2002–02–11 Cancun, Mexico Omni Cancun and Villas
AAFP meeting, Fall 2003
October 18–21, New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans Marriott
AAFP, 200 4th Avenue Northsuite 900, Nashville, Tennessee 37219, USA. E-mail:
To be held on 3rd April 2002, 17.00
Austin Court, ICC, Birmingham
Apologies for absence Minutes of previous meeting Matters arising from the minutes Election of EC members and composition of the Executive Committee
Dr Sarah Caney (The Feline Centre, University of Bristol) has received several nominations for the position of Secretary of the EC President's report Membership report Treasurer's report JFMS report Future meetings Any other business Date of the next meeting
ESFM BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES
(Treasurer)
Tierklinik Leonding
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Universitat Leipzig
Inst fur Vet Pathologie
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04103 Leipzig, GERMANY
Tel: 49 341 9738271
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Biogdanfy u 7B/22
H-1117 Budapest, HUNGARY
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Virology Unit, Veterinary Faculty Utrecht University, de Uithof Androclusgebouw
Yalelaan 1, 3584 CL Utrecht
THE NETHERLANDS
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Fax: 31302536723
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Veterinary Faculty
Utrecht University, de Uithof
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Eidskog Dyreklinikk A/S 2230 Skotterud
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Dept of Infectious Diseases Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Warsaw Agricultural University Ul Grochowska 272
03849 Warsaw, POLAND
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Department of Internal Diseases Veterinary Faculty
Agricultural University of Warsaw Grochowska 272
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All Russian State Research Institute for Control, Standardization & Certification
5 Zvenigorodskove Shosse 123022 Moscow, RUSSIA
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42 Timiryazevskaya Street 125422 Moscow, RUSSIA
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Centro Veterinario
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Pueblo Lopez
29640 Fuengirola
Malaga, SPAIN
Tel: 34 5 462688
Skuleviksvägen 17
S-45593 Munkedal, SWEDEN
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Veterinarnedizinisches Labor der Universitat Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 260 CH-8057 Zurich, SWITZERLAND
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ESFM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT: PROF DOTT STEFANO ROMAGNOLI
Veterinary Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Padua, Italy
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SECRETARY: ANDREW SPARKES TREASURER: MYRA FORSTER-van HIJFTE FAB LIAISON: DR TIM GRUFFYDD-JONES CHIEF EXECUTIVE: CLAIRE BESSANT BOR LIAISON: MARIAN HORZINEK
CONTACTING ESFM
Please send letters/articles/comments for JFMS to Claire Bessant, ESFM/FAB, Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 6LD, England.
Tel: 44 1747 871872, Fax: 44 1747 871873
Membership details may also be obtained from this address.
Abstracts
Smith AN, Wright JC, Brawner WR Jr, LaRue SM, Fineman L, Hogge GS, Kitchell BE, Hohenhaus AE, Burk RL, Dhaliwal RS, Duda LE.
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2001 Sep–Oct;
A retrospective study was performed of 17 dogs and seven cats with various stages of thymoma treated with radiation alone or as an adjunctive therapy. Analysis revealed an overall response rate of 75% (15/20 evaluable cases). Partial (i.e., <50%; reduction in tumor size) and complete (i.e., no detectable tumor) responses were included. Complete responses were rare (4/20). Three of five animals with stable disease (i.e., >50% change in tumor size) had improvements in clinical signs, despite lack of measurable response. A median survival time of 248 days (range, 93 to 1,657+ days) was achieved in dogs, and a median survival time of 720 days (range, 485 to 1,825+ days) was achieved in cats. Radiation therapy appears to be useful in the management of invasive thymomas in dogs and cats.
Kaser-Hotz B, Rohrer CR, Fidel JL, Nett CS, Horauf A, Hauser B.
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2001 Sep–Oct;
Radiation therapy for three cases of suspect feline thymoma is described. The thymoma was controlled for 4 years in case no. 1. Case no. 2 responded well to radiation therapy but was euthanized after 2 months because of a nasal adenocarcinoma. Case no. 3 continues to do well more than 8 months after radiotherapy. Difficulties in diagnosing feline thymomas are discussed, and biological behavior as well as different treatment modalities of feline and human thymomas are compared.
PMID: 11563449 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Hanlon L, Argyle D, Bain D, Nicolson L, Dunham S, Golder MC, McDonald M, McGillivray C, Jarrett O, Neil JC, Onions DE.
J Virol 2001 Sep;
The expectation that cell-mediated immunity is important in the control of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) infection led us to test a DNA vaccine administered alone or with cytokines that favored the development of a Th1 immune response. The vaccine consisted of two plasmids, one expressing the gag/pol genes and the other expressing the env gene of FeLV-A/Glasgow-1. The genetic adjuvants were plasmids encoding the feline cytokines interleukin-12 (IL-12), IL-18, or gamma interferon (IFN-gamma). Kittens were immunized by three intramuscular inoculations of the FeLV DNA vaccine alone or in combination with plasmids expressing IFN-gamma, IL-12, or both IL-12 and IL-18. Control kittens were inoculated with empty plasmid. Following immunization, anti-FeLV antibodies were not detected in any kitten. Three weeks after the final immunization, the kittens were challenged by the intraperitoneal inoculation of FeLV-A/Glasgow-1 and were then monitored for a further 15 weeks for the presence of virus in plasma and, at the end of the trial, for latent virus in bone marrow. The vaccine consisting of FeLV DNA with the IL-12 and IL-18 genes conferred significant immunity, protecting completely against transient and persistent viremia, and in five of six kittens protecting against latent infection. None of the other vaccines provided significant protection.
Lafond E, Weirich WE, Salisbury SK.
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2002 Jan–Feb;
A 6-year-old, spayed female Himalayan cat with idiopathic chylothorax, which failed to respond to medical management, was successfully treated by advancement of the omentum into the thorax. Exploratory thoracotomy revealed severe, constrictive pleuritis as a sequela to chylothorax. Because of the poor prognosis for recovery from chylothorax in cats with thoracic duct ligation alone, and the lack of success in performing thoracic duct ligation in this cat, the omentum was advanced into the thorax through a hole created in the diaphragm and sutured within the thoracic cavity. The cat recovered from surgery and is clinically normal 13 months postoperatively. Omental advancement may be an effective surgical management technique for this challenging disease in cats.
Rossmeisl JH Jr, Forrester SD, Robertson JL, Cook WT.
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2002 Jan–Feb;
A geriatric domestic shorthair cat was presented for evaluation of chronic vomiting. Chronic renal failure was diagnosed on the basis of physical examination findings and results of a serum biochemical profile and urinalysis. Endoscopically obtained gastric biopsies were suggestive of a carcinoid tumor. Subsequently, an exploratory celiotomy with partial gastrectomy was performed. Histopathological and electron microscopic analysis of surgical biopsy specimens confirmed the diagnosis of a gastric carcinoid, which has not been previously reported in the cat. Following complete excision, the cat remained clinically stable and free of signs of gastrointestinal disease for 4 months before requiring treatment for progressive renal failure.