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 …

[HTML][HTML] The gut microbiome of dogs and cats, and the influence of diet

R Pilla, JS Suchodolski - Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

The effects of nutrition on the gastrointestinal microbiome of cats and dogs: impact on health and disease

SM Wernimont, J Radosevich, MI Jackson… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome of cats and dogs is increasingly recognized as a
metabolically active organ inextricably linked to pet health. Food serves as a substrate for …

Determining gut microbial dysbiosis: a review of applied indexes for assessment of intestinal microbiota imbalances

S Wei, MI Bahl, SMD Baunwall, CL Hvas… - Applied and …, 2021 - journals.asm.org
Assessing “dysbiosis” in intestinal microbial communities is increasingly considered a
routine analysis in microbiota studies, and it has added relevant information to the prediction …

[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 …

Perspectives and advances in probiotics and the gut microbiome in companion animals

D Lee, TW Goh, MG Kang, HJ Choi… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As the number of households that raise dogs and cats is increasing, there is growing interest
in animal health. The gut plays an important role in animal health. In particular, the …

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 …

Longitudinal fecal microbiome and metabolite data demonstrate rapid shifts and subsequent stabilization after an abrupt dietary change in healthy adult dogs

CY Lin, AR Jha, PM Oba, SM Yotis, J Shmalberg… - Animal microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background Diet has a large influence on gut microbiota diversity and function. Although
previous studies have investigated the effect of dietary interventions on the gut microbiome …

An altered microbiome in urban coyotes mediates relationships between anthropogenic diet and poor health

S Sugden, D Sanderson, K Ford, LY Stein… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Generalist species able to exploit anthropogenic food sources are becoming increasingly
common in urban environments. Coyotes (Canis latrans) are one such urban generalist that …

Gut microbiota development in the growing dog: A dynamic process influenced by maternal, environmental and host factors

Q Garrigues, E Apper, S Chastant… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms of the gastrointestinal tract play a crucial role in the health, metabolism and
development of their host by modulating vital functions such as digestion, production of key …