This webinar provided a comprehensive overview of the SDMA implementation project running from November 3 for one month across participating Nordic clinics. It outlined the project’s objectives — to integrate SDMA testing into routine biochemistry profiles for dogs and cats, enabling earlier detection of kidney dysfunction — and explained the practical workflow for clinics. Participants learned how to enroll, how to order Chem 18 or Chem 11 bundles (paying the Chem 17 price while receiving SDMA free of charge), and how to ensure data accuracy through proper sample handling, age entry, and simultaneous analysis of SDMA and chemistry panels.
The session also covered the clinical rationale behind SDMA testing, highlighting its role as a sensitive marker of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) that increases earlier than creatinine and is unaffected by muscle mass or diet. The team reviewed IRIS-aligned diagnostic criteria and staging recommendations, the value of trending results over time, and the importance of combining SDMA data with urinalysis for a complete renal assessment. Participants were introduced to the vLearn educational resources, diagnostic algorithms, and specialist consultation support available during the project. The webinar concluded with a review of how results will be analyzed and shared back with clinics in early 2024, inviting participants to contribute interesting cases for the follow-up meeting.
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Hilarie Jerauld
Hilarie is a veterinarian working for IDEXX with a focus on medical education and support.She completed her veterinary training in the USA and worked clinically there for 11 years before relocating to Uppsala Sweden in 2019. She has been with IDEXX since 2020 and has been involved in several collaboration projects with Vetopia in the past, particularly in Denmark.
Sophie Wilford
DVM, MRCVS, MvetMed, Dipl.ECEIM
European Specialist in Equine Internal Medicine
Sophie Wilford is a Belgian vet who graduated in 2007. She has had a very broad range of experience having practised as a vet in England in private veterinary clinics and at the Royal Veterinary College in London. She spent time working with a mixed customer base, before specialising in equine internal medicine until 2014. She became an internal medicine specialist (DipECEIM) after passing her exams in 2017. Sophie is now the L&D manager for VLEARN.
Buchungsinfo
Dauer:
1:00 h
Referenten:Innen
Hilarie Jerauld, Sophie Wilford
ab 1
54,90 US$
(inkl. USt.)
