Pet FMT Project

Unlike in the United States, fecal material for fecal transplants is not freely marketable in Europe.
EuBiome has launched the Pet FMT Project, approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Padua (OPBA), creating an ethical and legal framework that allows veterinarians participating in the project to offer owners of dogs and cats with enteropathies and dermatopathies a simple, safe, and readily available solution.

But there is more!

Participating means being part of a unique project in Europe, of a network that produces and exchanges knowledge and helps to understand the role of the microbiome in chronic enteropathies and make fecal transplantation ever more effective.

• Who are the recipients?
  Dogs and cats with symptoms of chronic enteropathy for at least 3 weeks and atopic dermatitis.
• Are there any exclusions?
  • Enteropathies due to parasitosis, neoplasms, endocrinopathies, dysphagia, or age under 4 months.
  • Dermatitis caused by parasites.
• Is FMT the last resort?
  No!
  The logic is that fecal transplantation aims to rebalance the microbiome, but if organs and tissues are severely compromised, FMT is unlikely to make a significant difference.
  
• When to do FMT then?
  More and more veterinarians suggest using fecal transplantation after the failure of dietary trials, possibly accompanied by drugs that reduce the inflammatory state. The sooner you intervene when dysbiosis is suspected, the better.
• Is it necessary to stop other therapies?
  Fecal transplantation is a treatment that can be combined with other therapeutic approaches available to the veterinarian, who is solely responsible for the therapy. We only suggest not using antibiotics and probiotics simultaneously, based on the logic that they may be potential competitors to the transplant itself.
• What does the FMT kit contain?
  30 capsules of lyophilized microbiome from healthy animals and 2 collection kits for microbiome analysis.At the end of the cycle, the FMT Report is returned, which shows the situation of the microbiome before and after the transplant and the possible contribution of the donor.Ask for a sample transplant report..
• How are the capsules administered?
  One capsule a day orally, with a tidbit if needed.
• Can the administration be stopped?
  Yes, you can suspend and resume later. The goal of transplantation in chronic enteropaths is to rebalance the microbiome, which must be accompanied by a general rebalancing of the organism, therefore the transplant must be seen in a long-term perspective.
• How are the capsules stored?
  At room temperature protected from light and humidity.
• Are there any side effects?
  Rarely diarrhea, vomiting, flatulence, abdominal pain that resolve on their own in 24-48 hours, in case suspend for 3-4 days.
• Is one treatment enough?
  It depends on the case, there are situations in which there is an improvement immediately, others in which it arrives even after the end of the transplant; the improvement may be definitive or there may be relapses that require more cycles to arrive at a stable resolution of symptoms. In some cases, no improvement in symptoms is seen. Today no one can say a priori how long it will take, how many treatments will be needed, but a light can be glimpsed (see the paper on ulcerative colitis in humans in which a treatment with capsules has been done for 56 consecutive weeks), and the Pet FMT Project can make its contribution.
• How to request a Pet FMT Kit?
  If you are not registered, contact us using the form below. If you are already registered, you can request the kit using this page.