Companion Animal Nutrition Summit

Jan Suchodolski, MedVet, DrVetMed, PhD, AGAF, DACVM

Chronic enteropathy in dogs and cats is characterized by overlapping unspecific features that often result from persistent dysbiosis and irreversible changes in intestinal function. Learn why different patients respond differently to therapy.

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.

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.

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.

Simin N. Meydani, DVM, PhD

Normal immune and inflammatory responses are influenced by many factors, including aging and nutrition. Learn how specific nutrients can modify inflammatory and cell-mediated immune responses.

Expand your knowledge on how nutrition can be leveraged to modify inflammation and immunity.

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.

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.

Yuanlong (Gary) Pan, BVM, PhD

A brief review of age-related changes in the brain and how specific nutrients can support brain health in healthy senior dogs and those with cognitive dysfunction syndrome.