The Gastrointestinal Laboratory plays an active role in the study of gastrointestinal disorders in dogs and cats. We also develop new diagnostic tests that may one day be useful in diagnosing gastrointestinal disorders and we try to study new therapeutic strategies for groups of patients with gastrointestinal disease. However, we could not do any of this work without your help. We are currently doing several retrospective studies that require clinical patient data. Thus, we may send you a short questionnaire about a specific patient of yours. Your help in filling out those questionnaires is greatly appreciated.
Please remember, we can not give diagnostic or therapeutic
advice to pet owners. Samples must be submitted to the laboratory via your
primary
care veterinarian.
More detailed information on several new studies for
which we are currently enrolling patients, including contact details
and eligibility requirements, are given below:
EPI in German Shepherd Dogs
Pancreatitis in Miniature Schnauzers
Familial Cobalamin Malabsorption in SharPei Dogs
Other current projects that are currently performed in our laboratory:
- The role of TNF- alpha in feline inflammatory GI disease
- Molecular characterization of the feline and canine intestinal microbiota
- Prevalence and characterization of fungal organisms in the feline gastrointestinal tract
- Prevalence of canine and feline pancreatitis
- Tritrichomonas foetus diarrhea in cats
- Usefulness of novel inflammatory markers in the staging of feline inflammatory bowel disease
