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can often be decreased. However, the author has personal experience with a few young dogs with immunosuppressive- responsive enteropathy that could be weaned off corticosteroids after having been treated with 3 FMTs at
10-20 days intervals. FMT is also used in dogs with acute diarrhoea. At the author’s clinic, FMT is always tried before antibiotics in non-septic dogs with acute diarrhoea that do not respond to conventional treatment.
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