Faecal transplantation: making the microbiome your friend in the dog and cat with diarrhoea

In this presentation, we will provide up to date knowledge about the microbiome, what it does, how it interacts with the living organism and how specific therapies such as the fecal microbiota transplantation can help some of our patients.

• - Define what the microbiome is and its function in health
• - Describe the pathophysiological mechanisms of gastrointestinal disease in small animals and how the microbiome is involved
• - Discuss how techniques to modify the microbiome can help patients with enteropathies