It’s beneficial bacteria is crucial to the company’s probiotic treatments for the digestive health of dogs, cats and, soon, horses.
), was at the time in graduate school at UC Davis, on her way to a career as a microbial ecologist and unknowingly on the cusp of a radical turn to become an entrepreneur. In an interview, Ganz spoke of Yuki, the rescue herding dog that had developed hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, a disorder in dogs that causes vomiting and bloody diarrhea, among other symptoms.
“People don’t want to know which bacteria does what; they just want their animals to enjoy good health,” she said. AnimalBiome launched in 2015 and released it’s first probiotic products in 2016. While Ganz, who lives in Oakland’s Rockridge district, remains committed to hiring women and notes that 80% of students in veterinary classes were women when she was at UC Davis, AnimalBiome does employ men, including Ganz’s husband, Chief Executive Officer Carton Osborne, who came onboard in 2018.
Recently launching a call for people with cats and dogs to contribute to the company’s donor stool bank — digestive bacteria from healthy cats and dogs is the primary component of the probiotic capsules — AnimalBiome is offering participating East Bay residents $100 a month, reimbursement for an annual veterinarian exam fee and regular monitoring and support from their animal care team .
Ganz said people giving their pets antibiotics at first feel grateful to have anything that stops the diarrhea, skin conditions and other symptoms. Unfortunately, the antibiotics cause a relapse cycle at rates as high as 90 to 100%.
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