Veterinary Articles

Dr. Tonya Cooksey, DVM explains the difference between Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Postbiotics and how they can be used for patient health.

Robin Saar, RVT, VTS discusses how nutrition and the gut microbiome play a critical role your dermatological cases and how to use biotic supplements to manage your cases.

Learn about how AnimalBiome Veterinary makes diagnosing and treating dermatological and GI issues easier in an exclusive IVC Journal interview with David Basak-Smith, DVM, of Monroe Town and Country Veterinary Hospital.

Dental health concerns, particularly bad breath, are one of the most common issues seen in veterinary practices. In fact, bad breath is the third most searched topic amongst pet parents, after GI and skin issues. This is clearly an important topic for your clients and we want to support you with current information and resources to bring dental health to the forefront of your practice.

The prevalence of atopic dermatitis in dogs and cats has increased in the last decade. Treatment of dermatitis in cats and dogs involve a combination of managing itchy skin, inflammation, and environmental allergens. An overgrowth of Malassezia in dogs and cats can impact the outcome of dermatitis treatments.

While flare-ups of E. coli are a common problem in dogs, flare-ups also occur in cats. Here we discuss E. coli as it relates to cat and dog gut health and available treatment options for symptomatic patients.

Remote veterinary care has been around for decades, but it has taken a global pandemic to make it (nearly) mandatory for veterinary practices to use the available technologies. Learn the benefits and drawbacks of telehealth, and new ways to incorporate telemedicine services into your business model.

Specialists now prefer chronic enteropathy as the term for diagnosis because the predominant inflammatory infiltrate in animal IBD (lymphocytic plasmacytic) is very different from human IBD (neutrophilic & monocytic).

Meet Emmy, a young pit bull mix who began her life on the street as a tiny, immunocompromised puppy with undiagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Against all odds, she survived and today is an energetic, healthy young adult. After a long, difficult struggle to determine this pup’s complex digestive issues her resourceful pet parent found health solutions with a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) along with making some important dietary changes.