Microbiome signature suggestive of lactose-intolerance in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) with intermittent chronic diarrhea

A Maaskant, B Voermans, E Levin, MC de Goffau… - Animal Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Chronic diarrhea is a common cause of mortality and morbidity in captive
rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). The exact etiology of chronic diarrhea in macaques …

Clinical response in dogs with acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome following randomized probiotic treatment or fecal microbiota transplant

MC Jugan, K KuKanich, L Freilich - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Probiotics and fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) are two microbiome-targeted therapies
that have been investigated for use in gastrointestinal diseases associated with dysbiosis …

Giardiasis and diarrhea in dogs: Does the microbiome matter?

S Kuzi, S Zgairy, BA Byrne… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Giardia duodenalis (Gd) causes intestinal parasitosis. The involvement
of the intestinal microbiome in determining the infection's clinical phenotype is unknown …

Verification of the fCAL turbo immunoturbidimetric assay for measurement of the fecal calprotectin concentration in dogs and cats

LL Enderle, G Köller… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The concentration of calprotectin in feces (fCal) is a clinically useful marker of chronic
gastrointestinal inflammation in humans and dogs. No commercial assay is widely available …

Fecal calprotectin concentrations in cats with chronic enteropathies

DS Riggers, PG Xenoulis, DA Karra, LL Enderle… - Veterinary …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Intestinal diseases in cats are challenging to diagnose, particularly when
intestinal inflammation is to be distinguished from lymphoma, a neoplastic condition. In this …

Determining the protocol requirements of in-home dog food digestibility testing

E Bos, W Hendriks, B Beerda, G Bosch - British Journal of Nutrition, 2023 - cambridge.org
In-home pet food testing has the benefit of yielding data which is directly applicable to the
pet population. Validated and standardised in-home test protocols need to be available, and …

A rapid, affordable, and reliable method for profiling microbiome biomarkers from fecal images

D Lee, A Maaskant, H Ngo, RC Montijn, J Bakker… - iScience, 2024 - cell.com
Human and veterinary healthcare professionals are interested in utilizing the gut-
microbiome as a target to diagnose, treat, and prevent (gastrointestinal) diseases. However …

Faecal Short-Chain, Long-Chain, and Branched-Chain Fatty Acids as Markers of Different Chronic Inflammatory Enteropathies in Dogs

C Higueras, Á Sainz, M García-Sancho… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chronic inflammatory enteropathies (CIEs) are classified based on treatment trials, and new
methods are being sought for earlier differentiation and characterization. Giardia infection …

[HTML][HTML] Altered Gut Microbiome Composition in Dogs with Hyperadrenocorticism: Key Bacterial Genera Analysis

HJ Kang, SW Kim, SM Kim, TM La, JE Hyun, SW Lee… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hyperadrenocorticism in dogs is a condition characterized by excess
cortisol and can disrupt overall health. This study examined its impact on gut bacteria, which …

Determining the protocol requirements of in-home cat food digestibility testing

E Bos, WH Hendriks, B Beerda… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In-home cat food digestibility testing has the potential to yield data that are highly
representative of the pet population for which the food is intended. However, no …