Normal immune and inflammatory responses are influenced by many factors, including aging and nutrition. Learn how specific nutrients can modify inflammatory and cell-mediated immune responses.

Learn how the relationship between the gastrointestinal tract and the kidneys, known as the gut-kidney axis, is relevant to a discussion of constipation and chronic kidney disease in cats.

Is feline idiopathic cystitis merely inflammation of the bladder urothelium? What is the etiology of the inflammation? Learn the answers to these questions and others, including how to help affected cats.

Expand your knowledge on how nutrition can be leveraged to modify inflammation and immunity.

An expert panel discusses how new research and evidence-based guidelines are changing approaches to management of diarrhea in dogs and cats.

Get expert insights into incorporating nutrition into palliative and hospice care to preserve the quality of life for pets with chronic and life-limiting health conditions. 

The speakers appearing during Day 2 of the Purina Institute Microbiome Forum 2023 join Dr. Jan Suchodolski to answer questions submitted by audience members. Dr. Natalia Wagemans delivers closing remarks. 

Learn how dysbiosis is defined, how to evaluate intestinal dysbiosis using the dysbiosis index, and how to interpret the results obtained during acute and chronic conditions. 

What is the evidence for antibiotic-responsive enteropathy and does it exist in dogs and cats? Dr. Julien Dandrieux addresses those questions. 

Research shows antibiotic administration during early life is associated with delayed microbiome maturation of kittens and development of chronic diarrhea in adult cats. 

What histopathological changes are occurring in the small intestine of dogs with chronic inflammatory enteropathies? A recent study evaluating samples from three institutions offers important insights. 

Greater understanding of canine and feline intestinal microbiomes enable the use of nutritional strategies and novel therapies such as fecal microbiota transplantation to manage chronic enteropathies.