AnimalBiome provides the knowledge, resources, and solutions you need to leverage the latest microbiome science to improve gut health in cats and dogs.
Incorporate Microbiome Science Into Your Practice to Improve Patient Outcomes
More than 1,000 veterinarians use and recommend AnimalBiome testing and microbiome supplements.
Meet the Team
Founded in 2016 and based in the San Francisco Bay Area, AnimalBiome was started with a simple goal of helping cats and dogs feel better by using science to unlock the mysteries of the pet gut microbiome. One third of us have PhD’s. Seventy percent of us are women. All of us love pets and have an unwavering passion about helping them lead longer, happier lives.
Holly Ganz, PhD
Chief Science Officer, Co-Founder
Holly received her PhD from the UC Davis, a MS from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego and a BS from George Washington University. She has studied the interaction between microbes and their hosts for over 20 years. When she's not studying the microbiomes of pets and wild life, Holly can be found roaming the East Bay hillsides with Carlton and their rescued herding dogs, Charlie and Darwin.
Dawn Kingsbury, DVM, PhD, DACVVIM (SAIM)
Chief Veterinary Officer
Dawn received her DVM from NCSU, practiced small animal medicine with a focus on internal medicine for >10 years before completing a PhD at UCD in Integrative Pathobiology in 2015, where she studied the molecular biology of Salmonella infections in the GI tract.
Holly Simon, PhD
Microbial Science Liaison
Holly received her PhD in Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for research on nitrogen metabolism in the opportunistic pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae. She studied microbial communities in her postdoctoral research at the UW, and continued investigations on microbial interactions as a faculty member for 15 years at the Oregon Health & Science University, examining the roles of microbial community members within soil, river and mammalian microbiomes. Being an AnimalBiome team member provides the perfect opportunity to combine Holly's passions for microbes and animals - when not working, she competes enthusiastically in a variety of canine dogs sports with Qesh and Tally - her two sweet, happy, and accomplished Rhodesian Ridgebacks.
Recommended by
1000+
Veterinarians Worldwide
More than
15,000
Fecal Samples Tested
What Veterinarians Have to Say About AnimalBiome
“I can’t imagine practicing without it.”
Dr. Arielle Herndobler, DVM reports success in using the Gut Restore Supplement (FMT capsules) to treat allergies, gastrointestinal problems and autoimmune disorders. Unlike probiotics, which must be given daily, Gut Restore is discontinued once the gut microbiome is balanced, Dr. Herndobler says. Dr. Herndobler prescribes Gut Restore in addition to dietary modification and other therapies, and she says she considers the FMT capsules an essential part of any veterinarian’s toolkit.