Gut Health, Immunity
Alison Manchester, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM)
Chronic enteropathy in dogs is a common clinical problem with a poorly understood pathogenesis. Learn how transcriptomic studies are providing new insights into the mechanisms that contribute to clinical signs of chronic enteropathy.
30-60 minutes
Gut Health, Gut Microbiome, Immunity, Nutrition
Katie Tolbert, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM, Nutrition)
Epithelial barrier dysfunction, oxidant injury, and inflammation are common to both atopic dermatitis and chronic inflammatory enteropathy in dogs. These shared features are attractive targets for nutritional approaches to patient management.
30-60 minutes
Diarrhea, Gut Health, Gut Microbiome, Immunity, Inflammation
Stefan Unterer, Dr. med. vet., Dr. habil, Dipl. ECVIM-CA
Discover what is currently known about the role of acute intestinal injury in the development of chronic enteropathies and food allergies in dogs.
30-60 minutes
Chronic Kidney Disease, Gut-Kidney Axis, Nutrition
Jessica Quimby, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Learn how the relationship between the gastrointestinal tract and the kidneys, known as the gut-kidney axis, is relevant to a discussion of constipation and chronic kidney disease in cats.
30-60 minutes
Chronic Kidney Disease, Immunity
Jessica Hokamp, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Clinical Pathology)
An overview of immune complex-mediated glomerular diseases of dogs and cats, including glomerular anatomy, classification, causative agents, pathogenesis, diagnostics, and clinical implications.
30-60 minutes
Chronic Kidney Disease
Bianca Lourenço, DVM, MSc, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Progression of chronic kidney disease in cats is multifactorial, poorly understood, and highly variable. Learn more about the eight factors that have been implicated in renal inflammation, fibrosis, and disease progression.
30-60 minutes
Gut Health, Gut Microbiome, Immunity, Nutrition
Expand your knowledge on how nutrition can be leveraged to modify inflammation and immunity.
30-60 minutes
Geroscience
Natalia Wagemans, MD, PhD
Nicole Ehrhart, VMD, MS, DACVS
Jan S. Suchodolski, MedVet, DrVetMed, PhD, AGAF, DACVM
Donald B. Palmer, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA, FRSB
Michelangelo Campanella, PharmD, PhD, MRPharmS, PGCAP, FHEA, PHF, FRSB
Companion Animal Nutrition Summit program chairs share the key takeaway messages from their sections of the two-day event.
Less than 30 minutes
Geroscience
Michelangelo Campanella, PharmD, PhD, MRPharmS, PGCAP, FHEA, PHF, FRSB
Jessica Quimby, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Gino Cortopassi, PhD
Yuanlong (Gary) Pan, BVM, PhD
Speakers from the Mitochondria and the Metabolic Determinants of Aging and Longevity section of the 2023 Companion Animal Nutrition Summit answer questions related to their presentations.
Less than 30 minutes