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91°µÍø RESEARCH    STUDY    VETERINARY SERVICES       91°µÍø.AC.UK
         Advancements
        MALASSEZIA AND DOGS WITH CHRONIC
        ENTEROPATHY


        Ross Bond, Professor of Veterinary Dermatology, and Aarti Kathrani, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal
        Internal Medicine
             he   veterinary  profession  is  whereas fungi have received much   chronic inflammatory enteropathy (n=38),
             increasingly aware of the role   less attention. More recently however,   granulomatous colitis (n=2), gastric
        T intestinal  dysbiosis  may  play in  a   considerable scientific interest in enteric   adenocarcinoma (n=2), duodenal small
        range of disorders in body systems other   Malassezia has developed following   cell lymphoma (n=1) and idiopathic
        than the gastrointestinal tract. Attention has   recognition of significant fungal dysbiosis in   severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage
        tended to focus on bacterial dysbiosis of the   humans with Crohn’s disease, a subtype of   (n=2). Fungi were cultured from 14 dogs:
        gut but the role of intestinal fungal dysbiosis   human inflammatory bowel disease.    M. pachydermatis was isolated from
        in the overall process is something we are                              eight (chronic inflammatory enteropathy
        exploring as well.                                                      [n=7] [along with Candida albicans
          The 91°µÍøâ€™s Dermatology Service has                                     n=1]; granulomatous colitis [n=1]) and