Fecal microbiota transplantation for GI disorders
Fecal microbiota transplantation is starting to be seen as a viable option to treat various acute and chronic gastrointestinal problems in dogs, as Linda Toresson explains.
DVM, Swedish Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine, PhD, Evidensia Specialist Animal Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden
Dr. Toresson graduated from the Swedish University of Agricultural Science in 1995 and has worked at the Evidensia Specialist Animal Hospital in Helsingborg since 1996, serving as medical director of the unit from 2007 to 2013. She became a Swedish Specialist in diseases of dogs and cats in 2001 and a Swedish Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2007. Between 2013-2018 she undertook a PhD in gastroenterology at Helsinki University, culminating in her thesis on oral cobalamin supplementation in dogs, and she still is affiliated with the university, with her current research focusing on fecal microbiota transplantation and bile acid diarrhea.
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Fecal microbiota transplantation is starting to be seen as a viable option to treat various acute and chronic gastrointestinal problems in dogs, as Linda Toresson explains.