Live Webinar

Join us on 24th of October 2019, 19:00-21:30 CEST (UTC+2)*
Interactive online event and Q&A session from leading experts on how the power of gut microbiome can help dogs and cats with chronic GI issues.

We donate 1 EUR for every participant to a shelter in need.

In the meantime visit our library to enjoy other educational resources available on-demand.

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Speakers

Curtis Huttenhower

Jan S. Suchodolski

Iwan A. Burgener

Iveta Becvarova

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Opening & welcome

CURTIS HUTTENHOWER

(HARVARD, USA)

Next steps from the Human Microbiome Project and microbiome population research

Key learnings from this exciting mega-project and details on the systematic effects from disturbances in the gut microbiome.

JAN SUCHODOLSKI

(TEXAS A&M, USA)

And what about the dog and cat microbiome?

Defining the microbiome in pets, ways to diagnose dysbiosis and the key differences in the human microbiome.

IWAN BURGENER

(VIENNA, AUSTRIA)

Chronic enteropathies in pets and the role the microbiome plays herein

Current ways to look at CE, breaking away from the past’s empirical approach.

IVETA BECVAROVA

(TOPEKA, USA)

Hill’s microbiome research: the past, the present and the future

Hill’s groundbreaking research in the field of microbiome science and what’s in-store for the future.

Panel discussion & Closing remarks

Library

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DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

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You can use this booklet as a concise reference to aid in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal (GI) problems in cats and dogs, brought to you by Hill’s Pet Nutrition, your partner in education and nutritional excellence.

CLINICAL EVIDENCE REPORT

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NEW Hill’s ActivBiome+ Technology in Prescription Diet Gastrointestinal Biome manages gastrointestinal health in cats and dogs

SEE GI ISSUES IN A NEW LIGHT WITH MICROBIOME SCIENCE

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GI category DETAILER

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Our entire digestive care portfolio at a glance

how activbiome+ technology works

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Groundbreaking new science highlights the critical role a pet’s gut microbiome can play in response to GI issues and also in determining their overall well-being.

how activbiome+ technology works for cats

Watch Video

Groundbreaking new science highlights the critical role a pet’s gut microbiome can play in response to GI issues and also in determining their overall well-being.

how activbiome+ technology works for dogs

Watch Video

Groundbreaking new science highlights the critical role a pet’s gut microbiome can play in response to GI issues and also in determining their overall well-being.

4 keynote lectures • Q&A with speakers and panel discussion • Certificate of attendance

Join us live and we will donate 1 EUR for every participant to a shelter in need

Curtis Huttenhower

Dr. Curtis Huttenhower is a Professor in Biostatistics and Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Associate Member at the Broad Institute. He co-directs the Harvard Chan Center for the Microbiome in Public Health and the HSPH Microbiome Analysis Core. He participated extensively in the NIH Human Microbiome Project and co-leads the “HMP2” Center for characterizing the gut microbial ecosystem in IBD and the Human Microbiome Bioactives Resource.

His lab focuses on methods for functional analysis of microbial communities in population health. This includes systems biology reconstructions integrating metagenomic, metatranscriptomic, and other microbial community ‘omics, the human microbiome in autoimmune disease such as IBD, and its potential as a biomarker and route for therapeutic intervention.

19:30 – 20:00 CET

What have we learned from the human
microbiome project?

Key learnings from this exciting mega-project and details on the systematic effects from disturbances in the gut microbiome.

Jan S. Suchodolski

Jan S. Suchodolski is an associate professor in small animal medicine, associate director for research, and head of microbiome sciences at the Gastrointestinal Laboratory at Texas A&M University. He received his DrVetMed from the University Vienna, Austria and his PhD in veterinary microbiology from Texas A&M University. He is also board certified in immunology by the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM).

His research is focused on developing biomarkers for gastrointestinal disease and therapeutic approaches for the modulation of the intestinal microbiota. He has authored or co-authored more than 240 peer-reviewed articles in the area of veterinary gastroenterology and microbiome research.

20:30 – 21:00

And what about the dog and cat microbiome?

Defining the microbiome in pets, ways to diagnose dysbiosis and the key differences in the human microbiome.

Iwan A. Burgener

Iwan A. Burgener, Prof. Dr.med.vet., PhD, Dr. habil, Dipl. ACVIM & ECVIM-CA

Head of Small Animal Internal Medicine and Head of Small Animal Clinic VetMedUni Vienna

Professor Burgener received his veterinary degree, his Dr.med.vet. and his PhD from the University of Bern, Switzerland. His career since then included various academic posts at the universities of Bern (CH), Baton Rouge (LA, USA), Leipzig (D), and Utrecht (NL) before he moved to his current position as Professor and Chair of Small Animal Internal Medicine at the VetMedUni Vienna, Austria where he is also Head of the Small Animal Clinic. His research interests center around gastroenterology topics, and he has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has written several book chapters on gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas.

20:00 – 20:30 CET

Chronic enteropathies in pets and the role the microbiome plays herein

Current ways to look at CE, breaking away from the past’s empirical approach.

Iveta Becvarova

Iveta Becvarova, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVN joined the Professional & Veterinary Affairs group at Hill’s Pet Nutrition Europe in 2011 and she currently serves as Director of Global Academic & ProfessionalAffairs. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor – Veterinary Nutrition at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, USA. She became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN) in July 2007. She completed her Master of Science degree in Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences and Nutrition Residency program at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 2006 and earned her DVM degree in 1999 from the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic.

The majority of her professional career has been in in academic veterinary medicine as a Clinical Assistant Professor – Veterinary Nutrition at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in the USA. She is a past president of the board of the ACVN, a member of the American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition (AAVN) and of the European Society of Veterinary & Comparative Nutrition (ESVCN). Dr. Becvarova conducted studies in obesity, body composition and oxidative stress.

20:00 – 20:30 CET

Hill’s microbiome research: the past, the present and the future

Hill’s groundbreaking research in the field of microbiome science and what’s in-store for the future.

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Live Webinar

Speakers

Watch the Videos

CURTIS HUTTENHOWER

JAN SUCHODOLSKI

IWAN BURGENER

IVETA BECVAROVA

Library

DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

Opens in a new tab as a pdf download (8.5MB)

CLINICAL EVIDENCE REPORT

Opens in a new tab as a pdf download (1.3MB)

SEE GI ISSUES IN A NEW LIGHT WITH MICROBIOME SCIENCE

Opens in a new tab as a pdf download (2.5MB)

GI category DETAILER

Opens in a new tab as a pdf download (3.1MB)

how activbiome+ technology works

how activbiome+ technology works for cats

how activbiome+ technology works for dogs

4 keynote lectures • Q&A with speakers and panel discussion • Certificate of attendance

Join us live and we will donate 1 EUR for every participant to a shelter in need

Curtis Huttenhower

19:30 – 20:00 CET

What have we learned from the human microbiome project?

Jan S. Suchodolski

20:30 – 21:00

And what about the dog and cat microbiome?

Iwan A. Burgener

20:00 – 20:30 CET

Chronic enteropathies in pets and the role the microbiome plays herein

Iveta Becvarova

20:00 – 20:30 CET

Hill’s microbiome research: the past, the present and the future

Registration for a free webinar*

* Excluding internet usage fees.

What have we learned from the human
microbiome project?