Comparison of Microbiological, Histological, and Immunomodulatory Parameters in Response to Treatment with Either Combination Therapy with Prednisone and Metronidazole or Probiotic VSL#3 Strains in Dogs with Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Giacomo Rossi,

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

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• Graziano Pengo,

  Affiliation Clinic “St. Antonio”, Cremona, Italy

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• Marco Caldin,

  Affiliation San Marco Laboratories, Padova, Italy

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• Angela Palumbo Piccionello,

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

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• Jörg M. Steiner,

  Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Noah D. Cohen,

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Albert E. Jergens,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Jan S. Suchodolski

  * E-mail: jsuchodolski@cvm.tamu.edu

  Affiliation Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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