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Food first: Fixing guts, not just symptoms

Dr Karien Brink, Veterinary Key Account Manager at Hill’s Pet Nutrition, brings decades of expertise across veterinary medicine, behaviour, and dermatology. She emphasises the transformative role of nutrition in managing gastrointestinal (GI) disorders in dogs and cats, highlighting that dietary interventions are increasingly recognised not just as supportive care, but as a primary therapeutic strategy.

A vector of the canine microbiome NEWS

The canine GI microbiome and dysbiosis

In this article, Dr Angeliki Kaldelis, Scientific Communications Manager South Africa at Royal Canin, summarises key insights from the Royal Canin Veterinary Academy on the canine gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome and dysbiosis. It explores the GI microbial ecosystem’s role in digestion, immunity, and health, the consequences of dysbiosis, diagnostic approaches, and evidence-based dietary and therapeutic strategies to support microbial balance and overall canine GI wellbeing.