The role of the canine gut microbiome and metabolome in health and gastrointestinal disease

R Pilla, JS Suchodolski - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The gut microbiome contributes to host metabolism, protects against pathogens, educates
the immune system, and, through these basic functions, affects directly or indirectly most …

The gut microbiome of dogs and cats, and the influence of diet

R Pilla, JS Suchodolski - Veterinary clinics: small animal …, 2021 - vetsmall.theclinics.com
Background The gut microbiome is composed of bacteria, archaea, viruses, and eukaryotic
organisms that reside in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The bacterial component is the largest …

Analysis of the gut microbiome in dogs and cats

JS Suchodolski - Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The gut microbiome is an important immune and metabolic organ. Intestinal bacteria
produce various metabolites that influence the health of the intestine and other organ …

Effects of metronidazole on the fecal microbiome and metabolome in healthy dogs

R Pilla, FP Gaschen, JW Barr, E Olson… - Journal of veterinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Metronidazole has a substantial impact on the gut microbiome. However, the
recovery of the microbiome after discontinuation of administration, and the metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Fecal microbial and metabolic profiles in dogs with acute diarrhea receiving either fecal microbiota transplantation or oral metronidazole

J Chaitman, AL Ziese, R Pilla, Y Minamoto… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The aim was to characterize differences in fecal consistency, and fecal microbiota and
metabolome profiles in dogs with acute diarrhea (AD) treated with either fecal microbiota …

Canine chronic enteropathy—Current state-of-the-art and emerging concepts

AE Jergens, RM Heilmann - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Over the last decade, chronic inflammatory enteropathies (CIE) in dogs have received great
attention in the basic and clinical research arena. The 2010 ACVIM Consensus Statement …

Dysbiosis index to evaluate the fecal microbiota in healthy cats and cats with chronic enteropathies

CH Sung, S Marsilio, B Chow… - Journal of Feline …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Previous studies have identified various bacterial taxa that are altered in cats with
chronic enteropathies (CE) vs healthy cats. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a …

Altered microbiota, fecal lactate, and fecal bile acids in dogs with gastrointestinal disease

AB Blake, BC Guard, JB Honneffer, JA Lidbury… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The intestinal microbiota plays an important role in health and disease and produces,
through fermentative reactions, several metabolic products, such as lactate, that can affect …

Long‐term impact of tylosin on fecal microbiota and fecal bile acids of healthy dogs

AC Manchester, CB Webb, AB Blake… - Journal of veterinary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Tylosin is commonly prescribed to dogs with diarrhea. Orally administered
antibiotics may alter the intestinal microbiota, which is responsible for crucial key bile acid …

Impact of changes in gastrointestinal microbiota in canine and feline digestive diseases

AL Ziese, JS Suchodolski - Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal …, 2021 - vetsmall.theclinics.com
The intestinal microbiota is the collection of all microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract
(GIT)(ie, bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa), whereas the intestinal microbiome is the …