Events

Urine from clinically healthy dogs is not sterile. Characterizing microbial diversity and abundance within this population of dogs is important to define normal reference ranges for healthy urine. Importantly, these kinds of data might help reshape current therapeutic...

Did you ever wonder why your dog's breath smells a bit and what you could do about? Or which chewing toys and diets are best for your puppies dental health? So did we! So we've asked the expert! Listen to the full interview with pet oral health expert Dr. Niemiec from...

Our speaker si Tonatiuh Melgarejo, DVM, MS, PhD from .Western U, College of Vet Med The participants will be learning about the limitations of culture-based diagnostics, specifically for the detection of UTIs in dogs. Focus of the talk are the advantages of using a...

This event is geared toward our Youthful Veterinary Community with CE presented in a relaxed atmosphere and open- discussion forum. We welcome Recent Graduate Veterinarians, Veterinary Students, and their friends and family. You don’t need to be an SCVMA member to...

Highlights:  Largest dog cohort to date analyzed for both the bacterial and fungal microbiota in healthy and diseased skin and ears. This study uniquely used relative and absolute microbial abundances determining a cutoff for microbial infectious overgrowth. Potential...

Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur are two scientists whose names may sound vaguely familiar. These two scientists of the 1800 are responsible for saving millions of lives by discovering the connection of bacteria and disease. But not all bacteria are bad. In reality we...

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING AND MICROBIOME ANALYSIS: The Solution to No-Growth Results Written by: Janina Krumbeck, PhD, Annika Linde, DVM, PhD, MPH, Tonatiuh Melgarejo, DVM, MS, PhD Effective treatment of a disease requires an accurate...