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Find out how to assess and support the canine intestinal microbiota, and the short- and long-term clinical impact of antibiotics.

Learn how tryptophan that is not used for protein synthesis can be metabolized into protective and/or toxic compounds. Therapeutic interventions that target tryptophan metabolism are promising, but more research is needed. 

Antibiotics are known to negatively affect feline stool quality and gut microbiota. Could a therapeutic diet formulated with increased prebiotic fiber help the microbiome recover after antibiotic administration? 

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. 

Learn about the most up-to-date approaches to diagnosis and clinical management of food-responsive skin and gastrointestinal diseases in dogs.

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.