Learn how you can use nutrition and rehabilitation to manage postoperative orthopedic recovery and chronic diseases in your orthopedic patients.

Learn more about strategies to optimize voluntary water intake of cats.

Learn more about evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and management of canine cognitive dysfunction.

Learn new strategies to address common obstacles to discussing diets and provide practical solutions.

Learn about approaches to comprehensive management of cats with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

The speakers who presented lectures during Day 2 of the Purina Institute Microbiome Forum 2024 join Dr. Jan Suchodolski to answer questions submitted by audience members. 

Shifts in gut microbiota taxa and/or diversity can result in functional changes in the microbiome. Learn why early recognition of microbiome shifts may improve management of patients with GI conditions. 

Find out how to assess and support the canine intestinal microbiota, and the short- and long-term clinical impact of antibiotics.

Learn how tryptophan that is not used for protein synthesis can be metabolized into protective and/or toxic compounds. Therapeutic interventions that target tryptophan metabolism are promising, but more research is needed. 

Antibiotics are known to negatively affect feline stool quality and gut microbiota. Could a therapeutic diet formulated with increased prebiotic fiber help the microbiome recover after antibiotic administration? 

Many drugs affect the gut microbiome, but how does the gut microbiome influence orally administered medications? Learn about the emerging field of pharmacomicrobiomics. 

Learn how microbiome-centric strategies, such as diet, FMT, prebiotics, and probiotics, can be used to improve management of dogs with chronic GI conditions through a guided review of four relevant clinical cases.