Resource type: Original research — combined diet and probiotic intervention

Publication

Giacomo Rossi; Matteo Cerquetella; Alessandra Gavazza; Livio Galosi; Sara Berardi; Sara Mangiaterra; Subeide Mari; Jan Suchodolski; Jonathan Lidbury; Joerg Steiner; Graziano Pengo (2020). Rapid Resolution of Large Bowel Diarrhea after the Administration of a Combination of a High-Fiber Diet and a Probiotic Mixture in 30 Dogs. Veterinary Sciences, 7(1), article 21. DOI: 10.3390/vetsci7010021

Published online: 10 February 2020.

Reading note: The study reports a combined diet-and-probiotic intervention in 30 dogs. The abstract does not establish the effect of the probiotic independently of the diet.

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Canine fiber responsive diarrhea is a form of chronic colitis that improves clinically after adding fiber to the diet. In the present study, we investigated the effect of a combination of a high-fiber, highly digestible, hypoallergenic diet with a probiotic mixture in 30 dogs with chronic colitis that were unresponsive to various dietary and/or pharmacological interventions. Fecal scores, canine chronic enteropathy clinical activity index (CCECAI) scores, the dysbiosis index (DI), and histologic images of colonic biopsies were evaluated. At baseline (day 0; T0) and after 30 days of treatment (T1), all variables evaluated in our patients (i.e., fecal and CCECAI scores and histopathology) improved significantly at T1, with the exception of DI. However, there was a numerical shift from a state of dysbiosis to one of normobiosis. The combination of the diet and the probiotic used in the present study induced the resolution of clinical signs in a mean of 8.5 days (maximum 15 days) and did not necessitate any other treatments or the further addition of alimentary fiber.

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