Beneficial Dog Bacteria Up-Regulate Oxytocin and Lower Risk of Obesity

Bernard J Varian¹, Tatiana Levkovich¹, Theofilos Poutahidis^1,2, Yassin M Ibrahim¹, Alison Perrotta³, Eric J Alm^3,4 and Susan E Erdman^1*

¹Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States of America, E-mail: varian_bernard@gmail.com

²Laboratory of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, E-mail: varian_bernard@gmail.com

³Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States of America, E-mail: varian_bernard@gmail.com

⁴Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, United States of America, E-mail: varian_bernard@gmail.com

^*Corresponding Author: Susan E Erdman, Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America, Tel: 6172521804 Email: