Rojas, Connie A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6097-8970
Smith, Rebecca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2814-2866
Oliver, Rebecca
Jospin, Guillaume https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-2632
Corral, Isaac
Ganz, Holly H. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4938-6226
Article History
Received: 5 May 2025
Accepted: 8 March 2026
First Online: 23 March 2026
Declarations
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: IACUC approval was deemed unnecessary for this descriptive study since fecal samples are deemed waste material and were collected in a non-invasive manner and voluntarily provided by pet parents after obtaining informed consent. Moreover, ethical review by the Institutional Review Board was also waived due to the study's non-involvement of human subjects. Our research was conducted in accordance with the ARRIVE guidelines (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments), and other pertinent guidelines and regulations.
: Client consent was obtained digitally from pet parents of the canine participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.