Using Microbiome Testing to Guide Manipulation of the Gut Microbiome in Clinical Practice

Duration: 40:23

Dawn Kingsbury, DVM · April 13, 2021
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Course Description

The presence of a taxonomically defined core fecal microbiome in healthy cats and dogs is supported by comparative studies, using humans as animal models. Given here are examples demonstrating that microbiome composition has the potential to identify individuals who are at risk for developing certain chronic health conditions. Microbiome analysis provides the opportunity for disease prevention, therapeutic intervention, as well as longitudinal monitoring of treatment response.

About Instructor

Dawn Kingsbury, DVM

Trained at UF (BS), NCSU (DVM), Tufts (internship) and ISU (Small Animal Internal Medicine residency), Dawn Kingsbury has worked in general, as well as specialty, practice settings. Her wanderlust saw her working in academic settings at Massey University, New Zealand; University College Dublin, Ireland; and U-Vet Werribee, Melbourne, Australia. She has experience in stem cell research. Her PhD in integrative pathobiology was at the University of California at Davis

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