Advances in the microbiome are coming at a rapid pace. This will create opportunities for health advancement and product differentiation.
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Pet Innovation Summit: Holistic Petcare
Excited to be a part of this panel discussion! Join us for an interactive discussion on how Precision Nutrition can bring action to Genetic Understanding. Click on the image below to sign up (10% off using code SPK10):
Biotics for Companion Animals: An Open Presentation – Did you miss it?
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Leveraging the opportunity of novel health ingredients
Here are some ideas how to improve pet health while differentiating pet products.

Covid-19 Death Rate Per Hospitalizations Decline
Covid-19 deaths decline on the basis of hospitalizations.

Covid-19 Ohio Update: Why are Deaths Declining While Positive Cases are Increasing?
Amazingly the death rate in Ohio is going down as the Covid-19 infection rate is going up!

Postbiotics: Unlocking Microbiome Health Benefits in Pet Food
Invited paper on postbiotics in pet food.

Can Probiotics Help Overcome the Effects of Coronavirus?
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: Microbiome Challenges and Opportunities to Impact Pet Health
Invited Paper on Microbiome Impact to Pet Health

Speaking at Animal Microbiome 2020
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