Last Updated: 01/08/2025
Unlocking your pet’s health with microbiome nutrition
A healthy gut is key to your pet’s overall wellbeing. Microbiome nutrition with prebiotics, postbiotics, and antioxidants supports digestion, immune health, and organ function, helping your pet live a longer, happier life from the inside out.
Author: Dr Olivia Clarke BSc BVMS MANZCVS (Unusual Pets, Avian)
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This article is written by Pet Circle veterinarian, Dr Olivia Clarke BSc BVMS MANZCVS in partnership with Hill's Science Diet .
A long, healthy life starts in the gut
Gut health and the microbiome are hot topics in the world of pet health right now, and for good reason! Your pet’s gut microbiome is home to trillions of microbes. This bustling ecosystem plays a pivotal role in overall health, influencing not just digestion, but also immune system health and organ function. What your pet eats directly influences their gut microbiome composition. This is why Hill’s Pet Nutrition have upgraded their Science Diet Adult & Senior lifestage dry recipes for both dogs and cats to include ActiveBiome + Multi-Benefit.
What is ActivBiome+ Multi‑Benefit?
This special blend of gut-nourishing prebiotic fibres and clinically proven antioxidants supports digestion, immune system and organ health.
How it works
The proprietary mix of prebiotic fibres, FOS (fructo-oligosaccharides) and whole grain oats, feed the good bacteria in your pet’s gut. When these good bacteria receive the nourishment they need to flourish they produce beneficial post-biotic compounds like short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and antioxidants.
SCFAs have a number of important roles in the body and in your pet’s health. These amazing compounds help improve digestive health and stool quality by strengthening the gut barrier. They also have anti-inflammatory effects and can support healthy immune function.
ActiveBiome+ Multi-Benefit also contains clinically proven antioxidants including vitamin C and vitamin E, to support a healthy immune system and, in conjunction with the prebiotic fibres, support organ health.
Feed their health from the inside out
We all want our pets to live long and happy lives and science shows that having a healthy and diverse microbiome is one of the keys to overall wellbeing.
By choosing Hill’s Science Diet with ActivBiome+ Multi-Benefit blend, you’re doing more than just filling their bowl. You're actively looking after their health, which is a smart choice for a long, happy, and healthy life together.
Remember to transition any new diet gradually over 7 days to avoid digestive upset. Mix it in with your pet's current food and increase the amount of the new food each day.
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Fri Aug 1 2025
Written by Dr Olivia Clarke BSc BVMS MANZCVS (Unusual Pets, Avian)Dr Olivia Clarke BSc BVMS MANZCVS (Unusual Pets, Avian)
Veterinarian
Dr Olivia graduated from Murdoch University in 2015 and worked in Western Australia before moving to Sydney to work in specialist practice as an avian and exotics veterinarian. Olivia has thoroughly enjoyed the diversity of species and interesting cases in her time as an exotics veterinarian. She has a particular soft spot for rabbits and thoroughly enjoys all aspects of rabbit medicine and surgery. She also has many years of experience working with dogs and cats as well as an array of wildlife.
