• Diabetic cats have decreased gut microbial diversity and a lack of butyrate producing bacteria 

      Kieler, Ida Nordang; Osto, Melania; Hugentobler, Leoni; Puetz, Lara; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Hansen, Torben; Pedersen, Oluf; Reusch, Claudia E.; Zini, Eric; Lutz, Thomas A.; Bjørnvad, Charlotte Reinhard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Obesity and inactivity are major risk factors of feline diabetes mellitus (FDM) and human type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In recent years, changes in the gut microbiota have been suggested as a contributing factor to ...