Many drugs affect the gut microbiome, but how does the gut microbiome influence orally administered medications? Learn about the emerging field of pharmacomicrobiomics. 

Learn how microbiome-centric strategies, such as diet, FMT, prebiotics, and probiotics, can be used to improve management of dogs with chronic GI conditions through a guided review of four relevant clinical cases. 

Dietary trial success is determined by proper diet selection, owner and pet compliance with recommendations, and response assessment, as are client education and a relationship-centered approach to communication. 

What effects do apparent digestibility coefficients of extruded diets have on fecal dysbiosis index, bacterial taxa, and fermentation metabolites in healthy adult dogs? Findings from a recent study offer insights. 

Escherichia coli can be a symbiont, opportunistic pathogen, or pathogen. Learn why Dr. Kenneth Simpson says the presence or absence of E. coli on fecal culture is not helpful in diagnosis of E. coli-associated dysbiosis. 

Clinical cases are used to illustrate multilevel dysfunction, microbiome shifts, diagnostics and clinical staging of chronic gastrointestinal conditions in dogs. The need for multimodal management is also addressed.

The speakers who presented lectures during Day 1 of the Purina Institute Microbiome Forum 2024 join Dr. Jan Suchodolski to answer questions submitted by viewers. 

An expert panel discusses how new research and evidence-based guidelines are changing approaches to management of diarrhea in dogs and cats.

The speakers appearing during Day 2 of the Purina Institute Microbiome Forum 2023 join Dr. Jan Suchodolski to answer questions submitted by audience members. Dr. Natalia Wagemans delivers closing remarks. 

Learn how dysbiosis is defined, how to evaluate intestinal dysbiosis using the dysbiosis index, and how to interpret the results obtained during acute and chronic conditions. 

What is the evidence for antibiotic-responsive enteropathy and does it exist in dogs and cats? Dr. Julien Dandrieux addresses those questions. 

Research shows antibiotic administration during early life is associated with delayed microbiome maturation of kittens and development of chronic diarrhea in adult cats.