Join us at the first combined educational event in Timonium, MD on June 21, 2019 presented in collaboration between Winn Feline Foundation (Winn), The International Cat Association (TICA) and the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA). This podcast is presented by Dr. Glenn Olah, a cat veterinary specialist in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Olah has written article…

Join us at the first combined educational event in Timonium, MD on June 21, 2019 presented in collaboration between Winn Feline Foundation (Winn), The International Cat Association (TICA) and the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA). This podcast is presented by Dr. Drew Weigner, a veterinarian for cats from the Atlanta, GA area. Dr. Weigner has practic…

Join us at the first combined educational event in Timonium, MD on June 21, 2019 presented in collaboration between Winn Feline Foundation (Winn), The International Cat Association (TICA) and the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA). This podcast is presented by Dr. Jody Gookin, a distinguished professor at North Carolina State University. The first par…

Join us at the first combined educational event in Timonium, MD on June 21, 2019 presented in collaboration between Winn Feline Foundation (Winn), The International Cat Association (TICA) and the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA). This podcast is presented by Mr. Steve Dale, well-known radio personality and a Certified Behavior Consultant, discussing…

Join us at the first combined educational event in Timonium, MD on June 21, 2019 presented in collaboration between Winn Feline Foundation (Winn), The International Cat Association (TICA) and the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA). This podcast features Dr. Emily Graff, a clinical pathologist specializing in neurologic disease, discussing inherited ge…

Join us at the first combined educational event in Timonium, MD on June 21, 2019 presented in collaboration between Winn Feline Foundation (Winn), The International Cat Association (TICA) and the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA). This podcast features Dr. Katie Lytle from Wisdom Health discussing how to understand and apply DNA panel testing to incr…

Please join Winn Feline Foundation at the second half of our 40th Annual Symposium with Dr. Melissa Beall, DVM, PhD, of IDEXX Laboratories, Portland, ME. Despite its discovery over 50 years ago, the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) continues to challenge our thinking about the nature of the disease and our ability to diagnose the infection. Testing, va…

Please join Winn Feline Foundation's 40th Annual Symposium on June 28th, 2018 with our speaker, Katie Tolbert, DVM, PhD, DACVIM from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Trichomonosis is a rapidly emerging infectious disease of cats that is caused by the parasite, Tritrichomonas foetus. Unfortunately, little is understood about how this parasite …

Dr. Niels Pedersen, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, discusses the current prospects for preventing and treating feline infectious peritonitis in cats. FIP has remained a major problem of cats for over five decades. We now understand where and how the virus that causes FIP mutate…

Join Steve Dale, Master of Ceremonies and Winn board member, as he introduces retiring Winn President Dr. Glenn Olah. Dr. Olah covers Winn's recent efforts and the funding of the largest single grant review in Winn's 50 year history. 11 research grants for a total of $214,017. Dr. Olah also introduces the incoming Winn President, Dr. Shila Nordone,…

Join Dr. Glenn Olah and the audience at the 2016 Winn Symposium for a lively Q&A session with Drs. Leslie Lyons and Nicholas Dodman. Speakers at Winn Symposiums provide excellent answers to important questions from our audience. We at Winn thank you for listening.

Dr. Dodman provided information on the common presentation of three compulsive behaviors in cats - wool sucking/pica, psychogenic alopecia and feline hyperesthesia syndrome. He addressed the cause and treatment of each disorder, including genetic foundations, environmental pressures that trigger them, and environmental and pharmacologic therapies t…

In a short segment, Dr. Glenn Olah introduces the Winn Feline Foundation board members in the audience. Dr. Olah introduces the second speaker for the 2016 Symposium, Dr. Nicholas Dodman, BVMS, MRCVS, DACVA, DACVB. Dr. Dodman has just retired and was a Professor at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. He is an expert in behavior…

Dr. Lyons presented a review of her work, then lead into a description of “Precision Medicine”, which is now available for humans, and its role in the future of feline medicine. Gene-specific DNA-based tests for inherited diseases have been available for veterinary health care in cats for over 25 years. Now over 40 genes with nearly 70 DNA variants…

Dr. Glenn Olah, President of Winn Feline Foundation, gives a brief history of Winn's major research milestones from 1968 and in recent years. Dr. Olah introduces the first speaker, Dr. Leslie Lyons, for the 2016 Winn Symposium. Dr. Lyons, PhD, is the Gilbreath-McLorn Endowed Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Med…

Dr. Vicki Thayer, Executive Director of Winn Feline Foundation, interviews Dr. Jody Gookin of North Carolina State University about her recently funded 2016 research project (W16-053), Efficacy of a new treatment for cats with ronidazole-resistant Tritrichomonas foetus infection. Tritrichomonas foetus (TF) is a parasitic infection that causes foul …

Winn Feline Foundation's Executive Director, Dr. Vicki Thayer, interviews a currently funded researcher, Dr. Katie Tolbert of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, about a protozoal organism called Tritrichomonas foetus that causes chronic diarrhea in cats. Dr. Tolbert describes her two ongoing studies on this disease and how this research might p…

Join Winn Feline Foundation's Executive Director, Dr. Vicki Thayer, in a conversation with Dr. Colleen Currigan. Dr. Currigan is the President-Elect of the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) and with the Cat Hospital of Chicago. The conversation covers some of the exciting new programs both Winn and AAFP are undertaking. With Natio…

Please join us at the 37th annual Winn Symposium in Toronto on July 2, 2015. Steve Dale, internationally known radio personality and Master of Ceremonies, introduces Dr. Craig Webb, DVM, PhD, DACVIM and Associate Professor from Colorado State University. Following is a Question and Answer session with Drs. Jody Gookin and Dr. Webb. Dr. Webb present…

Please join us at the 37th annual Winn Feline Foundation Symposium in Toronto on July 2, 2015. Steve Dale, internationally known radio personality and Master of Ceremonies, introduces Dr. Jody Gookin, DVM, PhD, DACVIM and Associate Professor from North Carolina State University. Dr. Gookin presents "Understanding the probiotic versus pathogenic rol…

Please join Winn Feline Foundation in a Winn produced podcast interview with Dr. Craig Webb, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Colorado State University. Our Executive Director, Dr. Vicki Thayer, questions Dr. Webb about his very interesting research into the use of stem cells for the the treatment of chronic intestinal disease in cats. T…

Dr. Leslie Lyons,renowned geneticist from the University of Missouri, is interviewed by Dr. Vicki Thayer of the Winn Feline Foundation. Dr. Lyons and her team have recently found four mutations in cats. Dr. Lyons describes the mutations and the importance they have for cat health or phenotype. Join Winn and Dr. Lyons to hear about these exciting ne…

Join Dr. Vicki Thayer, Executive Director of the Winn Feline Foundation, as she interviews Beth Licitra, a combined DVM/PhD candidate from Cornell University about current research into the pathogenesis of FIP virus in cats. Beth Licitra is a key member and spokesperson for Dr. Gary Whittaker’s Laboratory at Cornell University. Winn has provided fu…

Please join Dr. Glenn Olah, the President of Winn Feline Foundation, as he interviews Dr. Philip Fox on June 26, 2014. Dr. Fox, DVM, DACVIM, DECVIM, ACVECC Vincent Astor Chair in Comparative Medicine at the Caspary Institute, Animal Medical Center, in New York City, was one of the speakers at the 36th Annual Winn Symposium in New Orleans. The inter…

Please join the 36th Annual Winn Feline Foundation Symposium in New Orleans on July 26, 2014. This audio portion features the Symposium introduction with nationally known radio personality, Steve Dale, as he talks about the Winn Feline Foundation and introduces Beth Licitra. Beth Licitra is a combined DVM and PhD candidate at Cornell University and…

Please join the 36th Annual Winn Feline Foundation Symposium in New Orleans on July 26, 2014. This audio portion features nationally known radio personality, Steve Dale, as he introduces Dr. Philip Fox, DVM, DACVIM, DECVIM, and ACVECC Vincent Astor Chair in Comparative Medicine, Caspary Institute, Animal Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Philip …

Join Dr. Vicki Thayer, President of Winn, as she talks with Dr. Glenn Olah, Winn's new President-Elect. They discuss Dr. Olah's background as a reviewer of research grants on cat health. Winn's mission is to enhance the relationship between cats and humans by fostering improvements in feline health through research and education. Both Dr. Thayer an…

Steve Dale, well-known pet advocate and host of Steve Dale's Pet World, is Master of Ceremonies for the 2013 Winn Feline Foundation Symposium on Chronic Kidney Disease and Superficial Fungal Skin Diseases in Cats held in Vancouver WA on June 27, 2013. He moderates the question and answer session between two renowned researchers in their field of in…

Steve Dale, well-known pet advocate and host of Steve Dale's Pet World, discusses the Ricky Fund in the Winn Feline Foundation which supports research regarding feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He follows with introducing Dr. Karen Moriello (DVM, DACVD), an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In this presentation, Dr. Mor…

Steve Dale, well-known pet advocate and host of Steve Dale's Pet World is Master of Ceremonies of the 35th annual Winn Feline Foundation Symposium. He introduces Jessica Quimby, DVM, DACVIM, a clinical scientist from Colorado State University, presents information on two Winn funded studies related to feline chronic kidney disease. Chronic kidney d…

Join Dr. Vicki Thayer, President of the Winn Feline Foundation, as she interviews Dr. Carol Reinero at the June 2013 ACVIM meeting about current research into the use of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for asthma in cats. Dr. Reinero is a veterinary clinical scientist and associate professor located with the veterinary teaching hospital at the Univer…

Research on FIP has steadily progressed over the last decade. Join veterinary professionals and breeders at the presentation of Dr. Niels Pedersen from the University of California-Davis, a world-renowned researcher on infectious diseases in cats, during the 2011 Winn Feline Foundation Symposium in Reston, VA. Dr. Pedersen describes how some of our…

Steve Dale, well-known pet advocate and host of Steve Dale's Pet World, is Master of Ceremonies for the 2011 Winn Feline Foundation Symposium on Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) held in Reston, VA on June 23, 2011. He moderates the question and answer session between two world-renowned researchers in the field of feline infectious disease, Dr. A…

Steve Dale, well-known pet advocate and host of Steve Dale's Pet World, is Master of Ceremonies for the 2011 Winn Feline Foundation Symposium on Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) held in Reston, VA on June 23, 2011. He introduces two world-renowned researchers in the field of feline infectious disease, Dr. Al Legendre and Dr. Niels Pedersen, to t…

Join a discussion of a potential treatment, Polyprenyl Immunostimulant, for feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) at the 2011 Winn Feline Foundation dinner symposium held in Reston, VA. The talk will focus on Dr. Al Legendre’s current research at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Dr. Legendre is a world-renowned researcher of infectious diseases…

Has your favorite feline been nauseated and not wanted to eat after being diagnosed with chronic renal disease? Join Dr. Vicki Thayer, President of the Winn Feline Foundation, as she interviews Dr. Jessica Quimby about the use of mirtazapine as a therapeutic agent to help appetite stimulation and control nausea in cats with chronic renal disease. D…

Join Dr. Vicki Thayer, President of the Winn Feline Foundation, as she interviews Dr. Jessica Quimby on current research into the use of stem cell therapy for chronic renal disease in cats. Dr. Quimby is a veterinary clinical scientist located at the veterinary teaching hospital at Colorado State University (CSU). Dr. Quimby was part of the researc…

Presented by John Rush, DVM, ACVIM Cardiology, ACVECC, Tufts University at the 34th Annual Winn Feline Foundation Symposium on Feline Health. There can be little doubt that genetic mutations contribute to many, if not all, forms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the cat. However these mutations cannot explain all of the manifestations of the diseas…

Presented by Leslie A. Lyons, PhD, University of California at Davis at the 34th Annual Winn Feline Foundation Symposium on Feline Health. The recent genetic sequencing of the cat has led to the development of a powerful new genetic resource, the cat 63K DNA array. Researchers can now focus sample collection more efficiently; extended relatves are …