Donor Screening

AnimalBiome maintains the world’s largest stool bank for cats and dogs, and we lead the way in best practices for FMT donor material, including rigorous screening of donor feces, as well as screening of the donors themselves for health, medication history, behavior, and microbiome composition.  

Information on the Material Used in Our Fecal Transplant Capsules

Our Gut Restore Supplements for cats and dogs are derived from stool donated by healthy pets that live in homes and meet the following criteria:

  • no current or prior health issues
  • no antibiotic treatment in the prior six months
  • diverse, species-rich microbiomes (based on DNA sequencing)
  • good fecal consistency
  • healthy body weight
  • good temperament

 

Donor stool samples are submitted for parasites and pathogen screening to the Idexx Reference Laboratories, a leading veterinary diagnostics company, which has stringent quality control guidelines and well-validated standard operating procedures.

All cat donor material is regularly screened for parasites and pathogens:

  • Cats are screened for the following pathogens via PCR: Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin Gene, Feline coronavirus, Tritrichomonas foetus, Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Feline panleukopenia virus, Clostridium perfringens Alpha Toxin, Cryptosporidium, Salmonella spp, Toxoplasma gondii, Giardia
  • Cats are screened for the following parasites via ELISA: Giardia, Hookworms, Whipworms, Roundworms
  • Cats are screened for ova and parasites using fecal flotation.

 

All dog donor material is regularly screened for parasites and pathogens:

  • Dogs are screened for the following pathogens via PCR: Clostridium perfringens CPnetEF toxin gene, Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin Gene, Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni, canine distemper virus, canine enteric coronavirus, canine parvovirus 2, canine circovirus, Clostridium difficile toxin A, Clostridium difficile toxin B, Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia spp., Salmonella spp.
  • Dogs are screened for the following parasites via ELISA: Hookworms, Roundworms, and Whipworms
  • Dogs are screened for ova and parasites using fecal flotation.