The goal of this study is to evaluate changes in procalcitonin levels over time in canine patients surgically treated for sepsis secondary to an abdominal cause (i.e. ruptured intestine). Additional blood sample collection will also be performed to investigate for possible novel markers for sepsis using next generation sequencing for the future development of diagnostic test.

Intestinal dysbiosis has been associated with tumor progression of colorectal, lung, and breast cancer in human patients. The objective of this study is to determine whether or not canine patients diagnosed with osteosarcoma have intestinal dysbiosis and if the presence of intestinal dysbiosis is associated with metastasis in these patients.

This is study is looking to develop a novel diagnostic test for canine pancreatitis through the identification of genomic markers called exosomes.