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How housing density shapes feline microbiome and stress

The environment in which cats are housed can influence far more than their visible behaviour. When several animals share a confined setting, factors such as…

How Complex Carbohydrates Shape the Healthy Canine Microbiome

Dietary complex carbohydrates are an important source of information and fuel for the canine gut microbiome. Although dogs digest starch efficiently in the…

Feline Gut Microbiome Composition Before and After Extraction

Feline chronic gingivostomatitis is a painful, immune-mediated oral disorder characterised by severe inflammation of the gingiva, caudal oral mucosa and other…

Canine Microbiome Changes During Weight Maintenance

Weight reduction in dogs is often treated as a straightforward energy-balance exercise: provide fewer calories, monitor body weight and adjust the ration. Yet…

Probiotic Lactobacillus Strains and Fecal SCFAs in Obese Cats

Obesity in cats is increasingly viewed as a metabolic and ecological condition rather than a simple excess of body fat. Diet, activity, medication, age and the…

Gut microbiome and faecal bile acid profiles in canine cholangiohepatitis

Cholangiohepatitis in dogs involves inflammation of the biliary tract and liver, with clinical signs that may include vomiting, reduced appetite, lethargy,…

Microbiome recovery in cats after clindamycin for dental infection

Clindamycin can be an important part of managing a feline dental infection, particularly when oral pain, periodontal disease or an abscess requires…

The Gut Microbiome in Canine Adrenal Insufficiency and Cortisol Metabolism

Canine adrenal insufficiency, commonly called Addison’s disease, occurs when the adrenal glands produce inadequate glucocorticoids and often insufficient…

Feline gut microbiome signals in corneal disease

Corneal sequestrum is a distinctive feline ocular condition in which devitalised corneal tissue becomes brown to black. It is often painful and may occur with…

Synbiotic Support for Dogs With Antibiotic-Responsive Diarrhea

The topic Canine Microbiome Response to a Synbiotic Protocol in Dogs with Antibiotic-Responsive Diarrhea sits at the intersection of clinical gastroenterology,…