Romero, Jose D. J. Ruiz
Barko, Patrick
Suchodolski, Jan S.
Williams, David A.
Ganz, Holly H.
Gal, Arnon
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Companion Animal Research Grant Program (Vera Arvilla Traxler Fund)
Article History
Received: 30 December 2025
Accepted: 21 March 2026
First Online: 27 March 2026
Declarations
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: Informed consent was obtained from all dog owners involved in the study. No participants are identifiable.
: All authors other than Dr. Holly Ganz declare no conflict of interest. Dr. Ganz works for AnimalBiome, which is the company that donated the lyophilized donor feces. Dr. Ganz was not involved in the data analyses and did not influence in any way neither the study design, its execution, nor the conclusions of this research.