Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Ltd. has launched a comprehensive toolkit, including a new CPD webinar and vet and pet owner resources, to highlight the benefits of ProZinc® and help vet practices and their clients to successfully manage diabetes in cats and dogs.

ProZinc® in dogs

“Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health launches webinar and toolkit to manage diabetes in cats and dogs with ProZinc®“

ProZinc® is the recommended first-choice insulin for use in cats and can now provide once daily control in dogs due to its slow onset and prolonged duration of action1-4, which is discussed throughout the resources.

Informative ProZinc® webinar

The new CPD webinar for vets and vet nurses, which is available to view on the Boehringer Academy, is 15 minutes long and is entitled ‘How to best use ProZinc® to successfully manage diabetes in cats and dogs’. It is hosted by Dr Jamie Adams BVSc PhD MRCVS, Senior Brand Technical Advisor at Boehringer Ingelheim. Jamie guides delegates through how to best use ProZinc® and highlights its prolonged duration of action, why it is the recommended first-choice insulin for diabetic cats and how it can now also provide once daily control in diabetic dogs.

Luxury coffee machine competition

Vet professionals who view the webinar can not only earn free CPD, but they will be in with a chance to win a luxury coffee machine for their veterinary practice in a prize draw by answering three questions correctly on the webinar content.

Comprehensive ProZinc® toolkit

The new ProZinc® toolkit features comprehensive resources to refresh vet professionals and educate owners on how to successfully manage diabetes in cats and dogs. The toolkit includes an informative ProZinc® diabetes management reference guide covering how to make a confident diagnosis and start treatment with ProZinc®, how best to monitor and reassess the patient and how to adjust the ProZinc® dose for optimal control. In addition, the guide features a handy ProZinc® stabilisation flowchart.

The toolkit also comprises glucose curve charts, if required, as well as other useful practice resources such as pet owner guides, home care journals and a link to the ProZinc® pet owner website.

The website – www.prozinc.co.uk - contains informative content to help owners feel confident in managing their pet’s diabetes. It includes short videos demonstrating how to give ProZinc® injections to cats and dogs and information on what to do in an emergency.

“ProZinc® is the recommended first-choice insulin for diabetic cats and it can now also provide once daily control in diabetic dogs, which will help to make dog owner’s lives much easier,” comments Lauren Mottram, ProZinc® brand manager at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health. “Our new ProZinc® webinar and toolkit will help vets and vet nurses successfully manage diabetes in cats and dogs and educate pet owners to help them feel confident in managing their pet’s diabetes.”

Vet professionals can view the webinar on ‘How to best use ProZinc® to successfully manage diabetes in cats and dogs’’ or access the ProZinc® toolkit by logging on to Boehringer Academy - www.boehringer-academy.co.uk. For further information on both ProZinc® and the support materials, practices can contact their local Boehringer Ingelheim territory manager or phone 01344 746957 (UK) or 01 291 3985 (Ireland).