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Gut bacteria transplants could ease inflammatory conditions in dogs
Early results from the study suggests that this treatment gives temporary improvement.
The results of a study exploring this are currently being analysed.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies are investigating whether gut bacteria transplants could help to manage inflammatory gut conditions in dogs.

The potential of managing chronic gut conditions with beneficial gut bacteria in faeces from healthy dogs transplanted into affected dogs is being examined and studied as a potential treatment for alleviating long-term illness.

Dr Silke Salavati commented on the research: “Transplantation of faecal microbiota holds much promise to address chronic gut conditions, both as a novel treatment to ease the condition in affected dogs and also as an alternative to the long-term use of antibiotics and probiotics.”

In the first study of this potential treatment, an enema was prepared using the stool of healthy dogs, and was administered to dogs affected by chronic inflammatory enteropathy.

These dogs were then monitored for changes to the composition of microbiological organisms in their gut by analysing their faeces, and the early results of this suggests that this treatment gives temporary improvement.

The results of a separate research project are also currently being analysed, which is exploring the potential for altering the gut bacteria of healthy dogs by managing the types of fibre in their diet.

In this study, dogs were fed one of three different types of fibre twice per day for three weeks, and had their stool analysed once per week to monitor the composition and diversity of microorganisms and other substances in the gut, to discover the impact of diet on this.

Complementing the transplantation study, findings from this study could establish whether the composition of bacteria in the guts of donor dogs could be managed to create bespoke transplants for dogs with chronic inflammatory enteropathy.

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RCVS Knowledge appoints Veterinary Evidence editor-in-chief

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 RCVS Knowledge has welcomed Professor Peter Cockcroft as editor-in-chief for Veterinary Evidence.

A world-renowned expert in evidence-based veterinary medicine, Prof Cockcroft will lead the strategic development and editorial quality of the open-access journal. He was previously in the role from 2017-2020.

Katie Mantell, CEO of RCVS Knowledge, said: "We are excited about the extensive knowledge of evidence-based veterinary medicine and clinical veterinary research that Peter brings, and we look forward to working with him over this next phase of the journal's development." 

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CVS Group hit by cyber attack

CVS Group, which owns more than 450 veterinary practices in the UK, has been hit by a cyber attack.

In a statement, the group said the incident involved unauthorised external access to a limited number of its IT systems. As soon as the attack was discovered, the group took its IT systems temporarily offline, causing 'considerable operational disruption'.

It has warned that the security steps taken and ongoing plans to move its operational systems and IT infrastructure to the Cloud are likely to have an ongoing impact over a number of weeks.

Due to the risk that personal information was accessed, CVS has informed the Information Commissioner's Office. The company is working with third party consultants to investigate the incident.