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Tips when giving antibiotics to dogs and cats

Wednesday 19 October 2022
In human and animal medicine, few things have impacted health, lifespan, and treating infections as much as antibiotics have.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin somewhat by accident from a fungus called Penicillin Rubens. Interestingly, it was a metabolite (Penicillin) of this fungus that showed antimicrobial properties.

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Consider using postbiotics

Penicillin was a postbiotic of this fungus. By using Precision Microbes with dogs or cats, the beneficial bacteria (good bacteria) and their postbiotics are taken to promote better gut health. Precision Microbes for dogs and cats is a unique liquid solution that is entirely organic.

Precision Microbes for cats and dogs contains beneficial bacteria and their postbiotics. These postbiotics have a very positive impact on gut health.

Antibiotics can impact gut health and the gut microbiome

With antibiotics being critical to treating infections, it is important to remember that they generally kill harmful and good (beneficial bacteria) when administered.


This is important for pet health when considering a long-term healthy gut. While the antibiotics target pathogens, they can also impact the gut microbiome of pets during and after treatment.

Studies have shown in humans and pets that this can impact short- and long-term gut health and the gut microbiome.

Balance gut health when giving antibiotics to dogs and cats

Precision Microbe's unique liquid probiotic and postbiotic provides an ideal way of maintaining gut health during antibiotic treatment.

It contains live bacteria in a dormant state with all their metabolites or postbiotics.

Postbiotics are essential to maintain digestive health during and after periods when the normal gut flora has been compromised during antibiotic treatment.

Benefits of Precision Microbes postbiotics

The postbiotics in Precision Microbes' unique liquid are not affected by antibiotics, so they can be given daily in food during and for a period after treatment when antibiotics have finished.

Many owners who do this choose to keep their pets on Precision Microbes in long-term daily doses due to the benefits they have seen.

Daily Precision Microbes pro and postbiotics help improve digestive health, immunoregulation, and protection from harmful pathogens.

The feedback can be seen in Precision Microbes’ customer testimonials, where they talk about appetite, coat condition, and overall health improvement.

Antibiotics are vital tools to treat infection in pets. With Precision Microbes, you now have a daily option to maintain better gut health.

Feeding rate of Precision Microbes cats and dogs

It can be fed daily in food, ideally separately to antibiotic treatments at 1ml per kg in both cats and dogs, up to 30mls daily for larger breeds of dogs.

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