Management of Hepatic Disease in Dogs and Cats: How can Nutraceuticals Help?

Expert: Dr Penny Watson MA, VetMD, CertVR, DSAM, DipECVIM, MRCVS. Penny graduated from Cambridge in 1989 and, after spending 4 years in mixed first opinion practice, she returned to the internal medicine department where she worked until 2022 as a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor of Small Animal Medicine. She has RCVS and ECVIM Diplomas in small animal medicine and is an RCVS and European recognised specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine. Penny also has a doctorate on chronic pancreatitis in dogs. She is interested in all areas of small animal internal medicine, with particular focus on chronic liver disease in dogs and cats and chronic pancreatitis in dogs. She now works as a self-employed lecturer, editor, author and clinical researcher.

Theme and Topics of conversation:
Overview of nutraceutical usage in dogs and cats with liver disease, including interactive case examples.
- Introduction to nutraceuticals, how to select safe, effective products and when to use these in liver patients
- Importance of, and how to perform, liver biopsies
- Understanding prevalence, causes and effective management of copper storage disease
- The role of SAMe and milk thistle extracts in liver disease management
- Interactive case examples