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Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to your resource library!

    • How to access your resources

  • 2

    Important Links Every Vet Should Visit Regularly

    • Animal Food Recalls and Alerts

    • U.S. Food and Drug News and Events

  • 3

    Wild Health Nutrition Course Documents

    • Nutrition 1701 Detailed Agenda

    • Micronutrients

  • 4

    NUTRIENTS IN THE DIET

    • Mycotoxins and the Pet Food Industry

    • Accuracy of Species Identity of Commercial Bacterial Cultures Intended for Probiotic or Nutritional Use

    • Effects of Dietary Salt Intake on Renal Function: A 2-Year Study in Healthy Aged Cats

    • Effects of Dietary Sodium Chloride on Health Parameters in Mature Cats

    • Phytochemical Investigation and TLC Screening for Antioxidant Activity of 24 Plant Species Consumed by Eastern Lowland Gorillas

    • Supplements for Exotic Pets

    • The Impact of Processing on the Nutritional Quality of Food Proteins

    • Microbiota and Probiotics in Canines and Felines

    • The Effects of a Probiotic on BUN and Creatinine Levels in Large Felids

    • Canine-Specific Probiotic in Treating Diarrhea

    • Investigation of Antioxidant Activities of Flavonoids from a Berry

    • Role of Diet in Managing Enteric Disease in Pigs

    • Eval. of the Neuroprotective Effect of Taurine and Gr. Tea Extract

    • Advanced Glycoxidation End Products in Chronic Diseases—Clinical Chemistry and Genetic Background

    • Advanced Glycation Endproducts in Food

    • Nutritional Ketosis Alters Fuel Preference

    • A High-Fat, Ketogenic Diet Induces a Unique Metabolic State in Mice

    • A Randomised Trial of a Medium-chain TAG Diet as Treatment for Dogs with Idiopathic Epilepsy

    • An Evidence-based Review of Therapies for Canine Chronic Kidney Disease

    • Apparent Nutrient Digestibility of Two Raw Diets in Domestic Kittens

    • Retrospective Study of the Survival of Cats with Acquired Chronic Renal Insufficiency

    • Survey of Owner Motivations and Veterinary Input of Owners Feeding Diets Containing Raw Animal Products

    • Effect of Feed Supplementation with Zinc Glycine Chelate and Zinc Sulfate on Cytokine and Immunoglobulin Gene Expression Profiles in Chicken Intestinal Tissue

    • Formidable Challenges to the Notion of Biologically Important Roles for Dietary Small RNAs in Ingesting Mammals

    • Large-scale Cross-species Chemogenomic Platform Proposes a New Drug Discovery Strategy of Veterinary Drug from Herbal Medicines

    • TORC1 Inhibition Enhances Immune Function and Reduces Infections in the Elderly

    • Vitamin D Deficiency and Supplementation in Critical Illness—the Known Knowns and Known Unknowns

    • Potential Role for selenium in the Pathophysiology of Crib-biting Behavior in Horses

  • 5

    Herbal Medicine

    • Korean Red Ginseng Inhibitory Effects on Brucellosis

    • Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Spices

    • Synergistic Interaction of Ten Essential Oils

    • Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oil and Other Plant Extracts

    • Acupuncture Effects on Cardiac Functions

    • Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Reproductive Disorders

    • Antioxidant Potential of an Extract of Calendula officinalis Flowers in Vitro and in Vivo

    • Anthelmintic Activity of Cymbopogon martinii, Cymbopogon schoenanthus and Mentha piperita Essential Oils Evaluated in Four Different in Vitro Tests

    • A Systematic Review Study of Therapeutic Effects of Matricaria recuitta chamomile (chamomile)

    • Males of a Strongly Polygynous Species Consume More Poisonous Foods than Females

    • Medicinal Plants from the Genus Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) – A Review of their Ethnopharmacology and Phytochemistry

    • Plants Consumed by Eulemur fulvus in Comoros Islands (Mayotte) and Potential Effects on Internal Parasites

    • Endophytic Fungi - Alternative Sources of Cytotoxic Compounds - A Review

    • Integration of Botanicals in Contemporary Medicine - Roadblocks, Checkpoints and Go-ahead Signals

    • New Perspectives on How to Discover Drugs from Herbal Medicines: CAM's Outstanding Contribution to Modern Therapeutics

    • The Ethnobotany of Gastrointestinal Disorders-Mexican Asteracea

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    Alternative Therapies

    • Anti-inflammatory Actions of Acupuncture

    • Low Level Laser Therapy to Control Neuropathic Pain

    • Stem Cell Therapy in Veterinary Dermatology

    • Alternatives to Conventional Antimicrobial Drugs

    • Electrochemotherapy: A Review of Its Use and Limitations in Small Animal Oncology

    • Fecal Microbiota Transplant in Patients with Clostridium Difficile Infection: A Systematic Review

    • Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Puppies with Canine Parvovirus Infection

    • Meta-analysis To Define a Core Microbiota in the Swine Gut

    • Meta-analysis To Define a Core Microbiota in the Swine Gut

    • Nontraditional Therapies (Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and Chiropractic) in Exotic Animals

    • A Review on Zoopharmacognosy

    • Animal Self-Medication Through Natural Sources

    • Medicinal Animals Used in Ethnoveterinary Practices of the 'Cariri Paraibano', NE Brazil

    • Self-Medicative Behavior in the African Great Apes: An Evolutionary Perspective into the Origins of Human Traditional Medicine

    • Poly(Dopamine)-Assisted Immobilization of Xu Duan on 3D Printed Poly(Lactic Acid) Scaffolds to Up-Regulate Osteogenic and Angiogenic Markers of Bone Marrow Stem Cells

    • Therapeutic Contraindications in Exotic Pets

    • A Calmer Horse is Just A Sniff Away

    • Barking Up the Same Tree: A Comparison of Ethnomedicine and Canine Ethnoveterinary Medicine Among the Aguaruna

    • Behavioral Evidence for Self-medication in Bumblebees?

    • News Feature - Animals that Self-Medicate

  • 7

    Large Animal and Livestock

    • Effect of Dietary Forage to Concentrate Ratios on Dynamic Profile Changes and Interactions of Ruminal Microbiota and Metabolites in Holstein Heifers

    • The Impact of Diet on the Hindgut Microbiome

    • Principles and Practice of Therapeutic Exercise for Horses

    • Identifying and Monitoring Pain in Farm Animals

    • Effect of High-fat Diet and Growth Stage on the Diversity and Composition of Intestinal Microbiota in Healthy Bovine Livestock

    • The Role of the Rumen Microbes in Livestock Production

    • Potential of Traditional Knowledge of Plants in the Management of Arthropods in Livestock Industry with Focus on (Acari) Ticks

    • Four Footed Pharmacists Indications of Self-Medicating Livestock in Karamoja, Uganda

    • Faecal Microbiota of Forage-Fed Horses in New Zealand and the Population Dynamics of Microbial Communities following Dietary Change

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    Clinical Application

    • A Retrospective Analysis of Patient Treatment Sessions in Integrative Medicine

    • Clinical Evaluation of Dietary Modification for Treatment of Spontaneous Chronic Renal Failure in Dogs

    • Evaluation of Two Point-of-Care Analysers for Measurement of Fructosamine or Haemoglobin A1c in Dogs

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    GMO's and Pet Food

    • Is Glyphosate Safe?

    • Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases

    • Detection of Dietary DNA, Protein, and Glyphosate in Meat, Milk, and Eggs

    • Determining Whether Transgenic and Endogenous Plant DNA and Transgenic Protein are Detectable in Muscle from Swine Fed Roundup Ready Soybean Meal

    • Prevalence and Impacts of Genetically Engineered Feedstuffs on Livestock Populations

    • Pevalence and Impacts of Genetically Engineered Feedstuffs on Livestock Populations

    • Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops in 2016

    • Go Non-GMO

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    Microbiome

    • Inflammation Drives Dysbiosis and Bacterial Invasion in Murine Models of Ileal Crohn’s Disease

    • A Network Framework of Cultural History

    • Socialization by Bacteria

    • Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain - An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake

    • Biodegradation of Mixture of Plastic Films by Tailored Marine Consortia

    • Can Bacterial Indicators of a Grassy Woodland Restoration Inform Ecosystem Assessment and Microbiota-mediated Human Health

    • Aspirin Eugenol Ester Regulates Cecal Contents, Metabolomic Profile and Microbiota in an Animal Model of Hyperlipidemia

    • Bacterial Microbiome of the Nose of Healthy Dogs and Dogs with Nasal Disease

    • Characterization of the Fecal Microbiota of Pigs before and after Inoculation with Brachyspira hampsonii

    • Characterization of the Urinary Microbiome in Healthy Dogs

    • Chicken Caecal Microbiome Modifications Induced by Campylobacter jejuni Clonoization and by a Non-Antibiotic Feed Additive

    • Comparison of the Fecal Microbiota of Healthy Horses and Horses with Colitis by High Throughput Sequencing of the V3-V5 Region of the 16S rRNA Gene

    • Composition and Diversity of the Fecal Microbiome and Inferred Fecal Metagenome Does Not Predict Subsequent Pneumonia Caused by Rhodococcus equi in Foals

    • Differential Analysis of the Nasal Microbiome of Pig Carriers or Non-Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus

    • Dynamic Changes of the Respiratory Microbiota and its Relationship to Fecal and Blood Microbiota in Healthy Young Cats

    • Effects of Administration of Live or Inactivated Virulent Rhodococccus equi and Age on the Fecal Microbiome of Neonatal Foals

    • Changes in the Porcine Intestinal Microbiome in Response to Infection with Salmonella enterica and Lawsonia intracellularis

    • Differences in the Gut Microbiota of Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) Fed a Natural Diet or a Commercial Feed Revealed by the Illumina MiSeq Platform

    • Disruption in the Cecal Microbiota of Chickens Challenged with Clostridium perfringens and Other Factors was Alleviated by Bacillus licheniformis Supplementation

    • Effects of Eimeria tenella Infection on Chicken Caecal Microbiome Diversity, Exploring Variation Associated with Severity of Pathology

    • Exploring Host–microbiota Interactions in Animal Models and Humans

    • Impact of Diet in Shaping Gut Microbiota Revealed by a Comparative Study in Children from Europe and Rural Africa

    • Interaction Between Diet Composition and Gut Microbiota and Its Impact on Gastrointestinal Tract Health

    • Macronutrient Intake of Dogs Self-Selecting Diets Varying in Composition Offered Ad Libitum

    • Metabolic Diversity of the Intestinal Microbiota: Implications for Health and Disease

    • Modulation of Systemic Immune Responses through Commensal Gastrointestinal Microbiota

    • 2019 Report Diet, Nutrition and Gut Microbiome

    • Raw Meat-based Diet Influences Faecal Microbiome and End Products of Fermentation in Healthy Dogs

    • Role of the Gut Microbiota in Nutrition and Health

    • Succession and Replacement of Bacterial Populations in the Caecum of Egg Laying Hens over Their Whole Life

    • The Ancestral and Industrialized Gut Microbiota and Implications for Health, Stanford Docs Opinion

    • The Canine Oral Microbiome

    • The Fecal Microbiome and Metabolome Differs Between Dogs Fed Bones and Raw Food (BARF) Diets and Dogs Fed Commercial Diets