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Across Australia, dog owners are increasingly asking their veterinary teams about home-prepared meals, often inspired by social media recipes, blogs from…
Water is a daily exposure that can influence canine health far beyond hydration. Its mineral content, microbial load, treatment method and storage conditions…
A dog’s gut microbiome is shaped by diet, age, disease, stress and medication. When the intestinal community remains balanced, it can support digestion, immune…
The gut microbiome begins developing before a kitten has established a stable eating pattern. Maternal microbes, birth conditions, milk, weaning, medication…
Vitamin K is often discussed alongside the gut microbiome because intestinal bacteria can produce menaquinones, commonly called vitamin K2. That association…
Early life is a period of rapid biological change for dogs. The gastrointestinal tract is being colonised by microorganisms, the immune system is learning to…
The influence of breed genetics on baseline feline gut microbiota composition is an important consideration when interpreting microbiome data in clinical…
Microbiome assays can reveal patterns in bacterial communities, antimicrobial resistance genes and gastrointestinal dysfunction, but the result is only as…
The response of fecal microbiome to immunosuppressive drugs in canine chronic enteropathy is clinically relevant because treatment changes more than intestinal…
Feline idiopathic megacolon is a progressive disorder in which the colon becomes persistently dilated and loses effective propulsive function. Faecal…