Administration of a Synbiotic Containing Enterococcus faecium Does Not Significantly Alter Fecal Microbiota Richness or Diversity in Dogs With and Without Food-Responsive Chronic Enteropathy

Administration of a Synbiotic Containing Enterococcus faecium Does Not Significantly Alter Fecal Microbiota Richness or Diversity in Dogs With and Without Food-Responsive Chronic Enteropathy

Background: Canine chronic enteropathies (CE) are a group of intestinal diseases that can be categorized based on treatment response into diet- or food- responsive enteropathy (FRD), antibiotic-responsive enteropathy, steroid-responsive enteropathy, and non-responsive enteropathy. CE can often be as...

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Main Authors: Rachel Pilla, Blake C. Guard, Joerg M. Steiner, Frederic P. Gaschen, Erin Olson, Dirk Werling, Karin Allenspach, Silke Salavati Schmitz, Jan S. Suchodolski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
Enterococcus
diarrhea
inflammatory bowel disease
probiotics
microbiome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2019.00277/full

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