Here are some ideas how to improve pet health while differentiating pet products.

Here are some ideas how to improve pet health while differentiating pet products.
Covid-19 deaths decline on the basis of hospitalizations.
Amazingly the death rate in Ohio is going down as the Covid-19 infection rate is going up!
Invited paper on postbiotics in pet food.
Breaking News: Possible Oral-Fecal Route of Transmission
https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-may-transmit-through-digestive-tract
Coronovirus is a virus that causes infection of the nose, sinuses and upper throat. Normally coronaviruses are not life threatening. As we are witnessing with the outbreak in China, some coronaviruses are indeed health threatening.
Several studies have looked at different probiotics’ effects on coronavirus. Chai et al. (2013) found that Enterococcus faecium cells trapped viral particles from transmissible gastroenteritis virus in vitro. Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus salivarius strains inhibited transmissible gastroenteritis coronavirus in cells in vitro (Kumar et al., 2010). Three other Lactobacilli strains were also effective in inhibiting transmissible gastroenteritis virus in vitro as well (ChangChun et al., 2013).
While there is no current antiviral agent effective against the latest coronavirus outbreak, data exists to suggest that various strains of probiotics may help lessen the infection and transmission rate within one’s own body. The implication of this would be a less severe infection. …
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Invited Paper on Microbiome Impact to Pet Health
Invited to speak at this great event bringing pet and livestock people together to learn about the latest advances and commercial opportunities in the microbiome. Join me and register using code "MK10" to get 10% off. https://www.kisacoresearch.com/events/animal-microbiome-nutritional-health-usa-2020#register
Check out this brief read in how clinicians are leveraging microbiome tools in combatting some of the most prevalent health conditions and diseases.https://discoverysedge.mayo.edu/2019/01/14/microbiome-in-cancer-obesity-ibd-and-infections/
The following article points out the role of orally supplementing pre-term piglets with galactooligosaccharides/fructoligosaccharides (prebiotics), Bifidobacterium breve (probiotic) and glutamine (an amino acid) on brain and immune system development. https://academic.oup.com/jn/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jn/nxy243/5273187
Introduction In 2016, a scientific article published in The Lancet put forth the shocking finding that the numbers of obese people now outnumber those that are under-weight. Further, health risks associated with obesity are among the leading causes of death. While there are many ways that fat accumulation can be influenced, one of the more recent areas that has …