Explore the current clinical evidence for probiotics and synbiotics for dogs and cats, including their nongastrointestinal effects. Learn how to select an appropriate probiotic or synbiotic for clinical cases.

Explore the current best practices for case management of acute and chronic enteropathies.

Learn how diet and nutrition impacts the microbiome in health and disease, and how nutrition can play a role in microbiome-centric case management.

Explore the currently available microbiome tests available to veterinarians and pet owners, and learn how to interpret and apply the results to case management.

Discover the role of the gut barrier in GI and host health, the long-term implications of compromised barrier function, and methods that may restore and preserve barrier function.

Experts discuss the current evidence for FMT, its benefits and risks, how it should be performed, and when FMT is appropriate in clinical cases.

Welcome to the Microbiome Forum Virtual Event. Learn about the Purina Institute from Dr. Natalia Wagemans, Global Head of the Purina Institute, and about Nestlé and Purina leadership in microbiome science.

Nutrition is integral to proactive veterinary care and provides patients and their human families with the best available care. Dr. Julie Churchill and Dr. Sarah Abood provide thoughtful advice on how to have nutrition conversations that build client trust.

Several studies support the use of nutrition in the management of brain health across the various life stages of dogs. DHA is critical for puppy brain and vision development, while medium-chain triglycerides help "feed" an aging brain. Explore numerous studies which show the benefits of nutritional intervention in cognitive decline, cognitive dysfunction syndrome and idiopathic epilepsy.

Discover the answers to two key questions: Why enhance the immune health of healthy dogs and cats? and How can food influence the immune system? Dr. Ebenezer Satyaraj shares findings from studies into immune and gut health benefits of adding bovine colostrum to diets.

A number of positive effects have been documented in healthy research dogs and cats while being fed bovine colostrum-supplemented food. Dr. Michael Lappin discusses potential clinical uses of bovine colostrum-supplemented food using three common clinical problems in cats and dogs as examples.

Bovine colostrum has received considerable attention as a dietary supplement that may confer immune and gut health benefits. Explore the research that indicates the beneficial effects of bovine colostrum supplementation on immune function and intestinal integrity in people during acute and chronic exercise-induced stress.