Multistrain probiotics fail to modulate the asthmatic phenotype, respiratory microbiota, and immune responses in cats.

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OBJECTIVE: To determine if multistrain probiotics administered to asthmatic cats treated with anti-inflammatory glucocorticoids would attenuate the asthmatic phenotype and beneficially alter respiratory, blood, and oropharyngeal (OP) microbial communities and immune parameters versus placebo. ANIMALS: 13 client-owned asthmatic cats. METHODS: A randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial of asthmatic...

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