Purina Institute Events

Aarti Kathrani, BVetMed, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM, Nutrition), FHEA, Jennifer Larsen, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition)

Explore how to create nutritional strategies for patients with more than one nutritionally responsive
health condition.

Marge Chandler, DVM, MS, MANZCVS, DACVIM (SAIM, Nutrition), MRCVS, Michael R. Lappin, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Learn an evidence-based approach to selecting supplements that can help pets thrive when supplements are part of a multimodal wellness plan.

Natalia Wagemans, MD, PhD

Nicole Ehrhart, VMD, MS, DACVS

Jan S. Suchodolski, MedVet, DrVetMed, PhD, AGAF, DACVM

Donald B. Palmer, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA, FRSB

Michelangelo Campanella, PharmD, PhD, MRPharmS, PGCAP, FHEA, PHF, FRSB

Companion Animal Nutrition Summit program chairs share the key takeaway messages from their sections of the two-day event.

Michelangelo Campanella, PharmD, PhD, MRPharmS, PGCAP, FHEA, PHF, FRSB

Jessica Quimby, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

Gino Cortopassi, PhD

Yuanlong (Gary) Pan, BVM, PhD

Speakers from the Mitochondria and the Metabolic Determinants of Aging and Longevity section of the 2023 Companion Animal Nutrition Summit answer questions related to their presentations.

Yuanlong (Gary) Pan, BVM, PhD

A brief review of age-related changes in the brain and how specific nutrients can support brain health in healthy senior dogs and those with cognitive dysfunction syndrome.

Ana Gabriela Jimenez, PhD

Explore the mechanisms that may allow small breed dogs to age more slowly than large breed dogs in the context of cellular metabolism and oxidative stress.

Michelangelo Campanella, PharmD, PhD, MRPharmS, PGCAP, FHEA, PHF, FRSB

An overview of maladaptive mitochondrial cholesterol handling and trafficking associated with ageing and age-related diseases such as canine mammary cancer.

Donald B. Palmer, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA. FRSB, Graham Pawelec, MA, PhD (Cantab), FGSA, Caroline Childs, BSc (Hons), PhD, Rnutr, Niharika A. Duggal, BSc (Hons), PhD, PGCHE

Speakers at the 2023 Companion Animal Nutrition Summit answer questions and discuss topics related to Immunosenescence: The Impact of Age on Immune Function.

Jessica Quimby, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

The role of renal aging and its central concept, cellular senescence, in the etiology of feline chronic kidney disease.