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How Enrichment Shapes the Canine Microbiome

A dog’s intestinal microbiome responds to far more than food. Exercise, social contact, novelty, stress and opportunities to explore can influence gut…

Feline Gut Microbiome, Purines And Urate Stones

The feline gut microbiome is increasingly recognised as an active participant in nitrogen metabolism, rather than a passive community living alongside…

Microbiome Variability In Dogs With Chronic Enteropathy

Chronic enteropathy in dogs is a broad clinical category rather than a single disease. Vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss and altered appetite may arise from…

Mannan-Oligosaccharides and the Feline Fecal Microbiome

Dietary Supplementation with Mannan-Oligosaccharides and Its Effect on Fecal Microbiome in Adult Cats is a clinically relevant topic as nutrition research…

Nitric Oxide, Gut Microbes and Pulmonary Hypertension in Dogs

Pulmonary hypertension in dogs is a complex cardiopulmonary disorder in which raised pressure within the pulmonary circulation can affect exercise tolerance,…

Feline gut microbiome responses to hypoallergenic diets

A hypoallergenic diet trial is a familiar part of investigating pruritus, recurrent otitis and feline dermatitis. Yet a cat whose skin signs do not improve…

Topical probiotic spray and the canine microbiome

The canine microbiome is often discussed in relation to food, stool quality and chronic gastrointestinal disease, yet the skin is another complex microbial…

Canine Fecal Microbiome Predictors of Recurrence in AHDS

Acute haemorrhagic diarrhoea syndrome (AHDS) can appear suddenly in an otherwise healthy dog, with profuse bloody diarrhoea, vomiting, dehydration and…

Microbiome Signatures of Remission in Cats with Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Steroid Therapy

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in cats can be difficult to manage because clinical improvement does not always mean that intestinal inflammation has fully…

Gut Microbiome and Vitamin K Metabolism in Dogs With HMVD

Hepatic microvascular dysplasia (HMVD), also called portal vein hypoplasia in some clinical contexts, can complicate how veterinarians interpret…