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Pathogen or Red Herring—Should We Be Treating Intestinal Clostridia in Pets?

Event Speaker
Jan Suchodolski, MedVet, DrVetMed, PhD, AGAF, DACVM

Event date: 9–10 November 2022 Virtual Event

Enteropathogens (e.g., Clostridial organisms) are often believed to be a cause of diarrhea in dogs and cats. However, new findings have revealed that the expression of virulence factors and/or growth of most enteropathogens are controlled by microbial pathways. Dysbiosis secondary to chronic enteropathy often leads to overgrowth of these presumed enteropathogens. Therefore, treatment of the underlying disease (e.g., dietary approaches, probiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation) with subsequent normalization of the dysbiosis should be prioritized before antimicrobials are used.

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