Episode 1: FIP Road Signs and Red Flags. With Prof Danielle Gunn-Moore and Dr Sam Taylor
How do you spot FIP early – without burning time, money, or cat goodwill?
In this episode from the Vet Vault FIP Masterclass Podcast Series, our two FIP experts break down the fast, non-invasive clues that build your clinical suspicion before jumping to invasive expensive diagnostics. You’ll learn to leverage “free” intel like signalment, weight, behavior, ocular changes – with a few pro tips thrown in for good measure – to sniff out FIP in general practice.
We cover:
- Signalment clues for FIP: breed, age, sex, and history
- Physical exam findings that raise suspicion
- Pro tip: using axillary temperatures in cats (no more wriggly rectums!)
- Should you consider GS treatment before confirmatory results?
- Breed predispositions
- Albumin: globulin ratio thresholds and interpretation
- The role of bilirubin as a red flag for FIP
- Misuse of GS antivirals in unconfirmed cases
- Rivalta test: friend or foe?
- Diagnostic limitations and recognising atypical presentations
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Speakers
Professor Danièlle A. Gunn-Moore
BSc(Hon), BVM&S, PhD, MANZCVS (Feline), FHEA, FRSB, FRCVS, RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine
Host
Dr Hubert Hiemstra is a practicing veterinarian and host of the Vet Vault and Vet Vault Clinical Podcasts. His veterinary career has spanned 2 decades and 3 continents, including starting and running his own emergency practice for the better part of a decade. When he’s not making podcasts or working in the clinic, he loves to run through the forests of the Sunshine Coast or surfing the warm Queensland waves.
