Is there any advantage to feeding a prebiotic and probiotic together?
While many pet foods include only one or the other, foods that supply both a prebiotic and a probiotic provide maximal digestive health benefits. This is because prebiotics feed probiotics and thus enhance their positive actions. Feeding both gives your pet the advantage of a maximally improved intestinal bacterial population, improved stool quality and enhanced nutrient absorption. What pets will benefit from foods with added prebiotics or probiotics? For years, it was known that humans or pets taking antibiotics often developed digestive upset due to an imbalance of “good” and “bad” intestinal bacteria. Supplementing prebiotics and probiotics can help restore the right balance of bacteria after taking antibiotics. However, antibiotics are not the only thing that can upset the balance of a pet’s digestive tract. Stressful conditions (moving, new pet, new family member, etc), diet changes, age and disease can disrupt the delicate balance of “good” and “bad” bacteria within the intestin
