Subject: Novel & Unexpected Medical Evidence of The Canine Urine Microbiome: The End of Koch’s Postulates

The participants will be learning about the limitations of culture-based diagnostics, specifically for the detection of UTIs in dogs. Focus of the talk are the advantages of using a next generation DNA sequencing approach to detect and quantify aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, their antibiotic resistance genes, and fungi populations coexisting in the urine environment. Furthermore, etiological agents of human UTIs will be discussed revealing surprising connections between food-born disease and UTIs”.

Approved for One hour of California Statutorily Approved CE

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Speaker: Tonatiuh Melgarejo, DVM, MS, PhD, Professor Translational Medicine & Antimicrobial Resistance

DVM, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City
MS, Clinical Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
PhD, Pathobiology, Purdue University,West Lafayette, Indiana

Research program seeks to provide templates for new anti-microbials to treat clinically relevant infections.  Also pursuing valuable mechanistic insight on specific host-pathogen interactions.  The laboratory is seeking to not only identify bold solutions to slow resistance to conventional antibiotics by boosting development of novel antibacterials and also finding tangible immunomodulatory strategies for development of antimicrobial alternatives.