Microbiome Forum Lectures

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

Kathrin Busch, DVM, DrMedVet, Dipl. ECVIM-CA

Jason Coe, DVM, PhD

Katie Tolbert, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

Melanie Werner, DrMedVet, Dipl. ECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine)

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

Jan Suchodolski, MedVet, DrVetMed, PhD, AGAF, DACVM Melanie Werner, Dr med vet, DECVIM-CA Katie Tolbert, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM) Jessica Quimby, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), PhD Julie Spears, PhD Holger Volk, DVM, DECVN, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA, MRCVS Natalia

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.

Holger Volk, DVM, DECVN, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA, MRCVS

The gut–brain axis and diet play important roles in the management of canine idiopathic epilepsy, its comorbidities, and cognition.

Melanie Werner, Dr med vet, DECVIM-CA

Learn how new recommendations can help guide management of canine acute diarrhea without antibiotics.

Katie Tolbert, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

Gastric acid suppressants are among the most overprescribed drugs in human and veterinary medicine. Consider these questions before prescribing one.

Kathrin Busch, DVM, DrMedVet, DECVIM-CA

Greater understanding of canine and feline intestinal microbiomes enable the use of nutritional strategies and novel therapies such as fecal microbiota transplantation to manage chronic enteropathies.

Learn from globally renowned experts about evidence-based, clinically relevant microbiome science for practicing veterinarians.

Julien Dandrieux, BSc, DrMedVet, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM), MRCVS

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

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

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.