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.

Learn from globally renowned veterinary experts about the gut microbiome and its powerful influence on systemic health via the gut–brain and gut–skin axes.

Created for the entire veterinary care team, these sessions will strengthen your knowledge of how nutrition supports the management of common clinical conditions in daily practice.

Explore future dates and topics of free continuing veterinary education virtual events brought to you by the Purina Institute.  

Explore future dates and topics of free continuing veterinary education virtual events brought to you by the Purina Institute.