Approach to the Vomiting Cat: Causes, Treatment, & Management

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Do all cats vomit? That is the common misconception amongst many caregivers, as well as some veterinarians. This session starts with a discussion of this topic, reviewing the scope of the problem and how prevalent vomiting is for cats. Following that, the speaker examines the more frequently overlooked causes of vomiting, how they are diagnosed, and how they are treated. This is a large world of differentials well beyond chronic inflammatory enteropathies and small cell lymphoma!

Learning Objectives

After attending this webinar, participants should:

  • Understand how prevalent vomiting is in cats
  • Have a knowledge of overlooked causes of vomiting
  • Be able to better diagnose causes of vomiting and develop a treatment approach

Speaker Bios

Adam Rudinsky, DVM, MS, DACVIM

Dr. Adam Rudinsky is an Associate Professor–Tenure in the Small Animal Internal Medicine service at The Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center. He received his DVM degree from The Ohio State University, completed a small animal rotating internship at Purdue University, and then a combined residency in internal medicine and MS degree at The Ohio State University. Following residency training, he completed two post-doctoral research fellowships in Mucosal Immunology at The Ohio State University and Microbial Pathogenesis at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He is now on faculty at Ohio State as a staff internist, research scientist, and member of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. His current clinical and research interests include gastrointestinal endocrinology, chronic enteropathies, pancreatic and hepatic disease, mucosal immunology, and the intestinal microbiome as it relates to disease.


RACE Credits 

This program 20-845068 is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 1.00 CE Credits (1.00 max) being available to any one veterinarian: and/or 1.00 Veterinary Technician CE Credits (1.00 max). This RACE approval is for the subject matter categorie(s) of: Medical using the delivery method(s) of: Non-Interactive Distance. This approval is valid in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board’s CE requirements.