Atruvetrin in a cat ?

Re: Atruvetrin in a cat ?

Vet2Vet — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:18:11 GMT

Thank you for your replies everyone , its my first cat to go on it , so I guess wanted to see what other people think . Thanks for the feedback

Re: Atruvetrin in a cat ?

Hanna Bennett — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:13:30 GMT

we have a few cats on it, generally those where you've done all the flea stuff and the cat is still tearing itself to pieces... would agree that some cats it works for and some it just doesn't touch, just like dogs really.

Re: Atruvetrin in a cat ?

Wren — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:35:19 GMT

We have a cat that's been on it for a couple of years. The owner's delighted and says she definitely sees the difference if she's late with an injection.

Re: Atruvetrin in a cat ?

bob lehner — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:33:43 GMT

[quote user="Stephen Courtney"]. From what i recall the intradermal testing in cats is more hit and miss,[/quote]

Funnily enough I was about to post a question about allergy testing in cats generally and would be very interested to hear what people think about it.

Generally it seems that rather few cats need/get tested for allergies as compared to dogs (I guess the vast majority of skin problems in cats are flea-related - then harvest mites and so on). However the labs I have spoken to about doing blood panels for cats are very much in favour (as they might well be) - however the FAB website says that allergy testing for cats is available but a bit unreliable.

The few results I have seen for cats which have been blood tested have shown a positive result to everything under the sun - which makes formulating an immunotherapy vaccine difficult (I think a maximum of 8 allergens is allowed per formulation). I've had no experience of skin testing in cats.

I have my own pet theory that the cat you see with the really horrible raw lesions round the back of the neck may well be a food allergy - but not sure if this is really validated.

Would welcome any views/experiences.

Re: Atruvetrin in a cat ?

Stephen Courtney — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:57:37 GMT

Almost all our patients on Artuvetrin are dogs. From what i recall the intradermal testing in cats is more hit and miss, rendering results less useful, hence immunotherapy less predictable.

Re: Atruvetrin in a cat ?

Julie Innes — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:08:38 GMT

I've used it in a cat before, with similar results.

Re: Atruvetrin in a cat ?

Vet2Vet — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:18:07 GMT

Lol , in my world it is Monday

Sounds like similar response as a lot of dogs ! Thanks

Re: Atruvetrin in a cat ?

Utlendigur — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:05:08 GMT

We've got one case (Main coone allergic to pretty much everything), inherited when the owners moved here, that was put on Atruvetrin (or similar - can't remember exactly which one) by LIverpool University. I'm not sure what he was like prior to treatment but he still needs the occasional short course of medrone.

PS isn't it Tuesday?