Preparing the Soil: Optimizing Nutrition Before Stem Cell Therapy
Discover how nutritional management and mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) therapy work together to modulate the immune system and promote natural healing for a variety of conditions in companion animals.
About the Course
This webinar reviews the biologic links between nutrition, inflammation, microbiome function, and stem cell behavior, with a practical focus on dogs and cats. Participants will learn how veterinary teams can help support the patient’s biological environment before, during, and after regenerative treatment, while exploring where the scientific evidence is well established and where it continues to emerge.
This program has been RACE approved (20-1388200) for 1 hour of continuing education credit for veterinarians and veterinary technicians/technologists in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.
Learning objectives
- Describe how nutrition influences immune function, gut barrier integrity, and the inflammatory environment relevant to stem cell therapies in dogs and cats.
- Explain the biologic rationale for how dietary factors may affect resident stem cells and mesenchymal stromal cell performance.
- Identify practical nutritional priorities that may help optimize candidates for regenerative therapy, including body condition, protein adequacy, and inflammatory control.
- Apply the nutrition-stem cell concept to common clinical scenarios such as canine osteoarthritis and feline chronic inflammatory enteropathy.
- Recognize the current limits of the evidence and distinguish between clinically supported strategies and biologically plausible but unproven claims.
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About the presenter
Megan Sprinkle
Dr. Megan Sprinkle, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), is a board-certified veterinary nutritionist and immediate past president of the American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition (AAVN).
Her career spans clinical nutrition, veterinary podcaster, and pet nutrition leadership, giving her a broad perspective on the role of nutrition in animal health.
She has held scientific communication roles for major pet health brands and currently serves as Head of Veterinary Affairs at Golden Child, which positions her as a trusted voice on forward-thinking nutrition topics.
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