Virbac India
Gastro - 1-Digestive Support

Digestive Support Dog

Health benefits

  • Limitation of the solicitation of the digestive tract (high energy density and high digestibility)
  • Digestive immunity (Digest Plus Complex: clay, probiotics, prebiotics, fibres, butyrate and nucleotides)
  • Maintenance of food intake (high appetite: animal proteins and fats)
  • Limiting the number of food allergens (free of beef, gluten, corn, wheat, soy, egg, fish, dairy products)
  • Compensation for losses (high energy density and increased drink intake: protein and sodium)

Available sizes:

  • 1,5 kg
  • 3 kg
  • 7 kg
  • 12 kg
Why choose Veterinary HPM® ?

Nutrion for carnivorious paragraph

34 % High in proteins of which92 % animal proteins
21.5 % Low in carbohydrate
Composition

Composition :

Dehydrated pork and poultry proteins*, rice*, animal fats, lignocellulose, hydrolysed pork and poultry proteins*, beet pulp, minerals, fish oil*, linseed, brewers yeast (source of betaglucan and nucleotide), psyllium fibre (Plantago (L.) spp.), fructo-oligosaccarides, calcium butyrate, Lactobacillus acidophilus.

*highly digestible ingredients

Analytical Constituents :
(% as fed)

VETERINARY HPM® formulas do not contain any artificial colours or flavours.

Analytical Constituents 
(% as fed)
Moisture 9 %
Protein 34 %
Animal to vegetal protein ratio  92/08
Fat 22 %
Minerals 7,5 %
Crude Fibre 6 %
Total dietary fibre 10,5 %
NFE * 21,5 %
Starch 17 %
Calcium 1,3 %
Phosphorus 0,9 %
Sodium 0,6 %
Potassium 0,8 %
Omega-6 2,5 %
Omega-3 0,9 %
ME** calculated 384 kcal/100g
ME** measured in vivo 411 kcal/100g
* Nitrogen Free Extract: carbohydrate
** Metbolisable energy
Functional Ingredients
Bentonite 5g/kg
Killed Lactobacilli 7 mg/kg
Butyrate 430 mg/kg
Nucleotides 560 mg/kg
Beta Glucan 500 mg/kg
Added Vitamins & trace elements 
Vitamin A 12 600 IU/kg
Vitamin D3 1 100 IU/kg
Vitamin E 570 mg/kg
Vitamin B1 3,8 mg/kg
Vitamin B2 11 mg/kg
Vitamin B3 30 mg/kg
Vitamin B5 26 mg/kg
Vitamin B6 3 mg/kg
Vitamin B9 0,48 mg/kg
Vitamin B12 0,071 mg/kg
Choline 740 mg/kg
Taurine 1 500 mg/kg
Copper 15 mg/kg
Iodine 1,1 mg/kg
Zinc 140 mg/kg
Adapt your rations to your animal

It is advisable to follow the ration table and to provide fresh drinking water. 

Body Weight (kg) Daily Ration (g/day)
Overweight Normal* Recovering/skinny
3 65 85 100
5 95 120 140
8 130 160 195
10 150 185 225
15 195 245 295
20 235 295 355
25 275 345 415
30 310 390 465
40 375 470 565
60 495 615 740

*Adult dog with optimal body weight and normal physical activity

The daily ration is based on the dog’s CURRENT bodyweight, and must be adjusted every week during recovery and every month in the medium/long term.

Frequently asked questions
  • Can I feed my puppy with a home-made diet?

    The food that puppies receive throughout their first year must obviously provide energy and materials to build the skeleton, muscles, and all new tissues. But nutrition does not stop there, it must also help puppies develop a fully functioning nervous system and effective immune system. Any deficiency in essential nutrients (those which cannot be synthesized by the animal's body) during this very delicate period may affect the dog's future health.

    Many recipes developed by veterinary nutritionists are available for owners who wish to prepare a nutritionally balanced home-made diet for their puppy dog food needs. However, it is illusory to succeed in respecting all the required conditions because the nutritional balance of a household ration is subject to various hazards. The owner will always find it difficult to follow the recipe exactly, the necessary ingredients are not always available, and the nutritional composition of the ingredients can vary considerably depending on the origin of the product. When preparing a home-made diet, no laboratory analysis can verify the nutritional composition of the raw materials used!

    Therefore, even when accompanied by the distribution of a mineral and vitamin supplement, home-made diets for dogs often show deficiencies in some essential nutrients. For a safer and more balanced alternative, consider feeding your pet a high protein food for puppies designed to support proper development. Commercially prepared dry puppy food options are often the best puppy dog food choices for consistency and reliability.

  • Can I feed my puppy with a vegetarian diet?

    The dog is a carnivore, which means that certain nutrients it needs cannot be provided by a plant-based diet. Such diets can cause major nutritional deficiencies with serious consequences on health. For this reason, a puppy should never be fed a vegetarian diet. Instead, opt for puppy dog food that meets its natural dietary requirements—particularly high protein food for puppies in a dry puppy food form that is considered among the best puppy dog food options.

  • Can I feed my puppy with raw meat diets?

    Raw meat diets (red meat or chicken) are often deficient in calcium and phosphorus. The Calcium/Phosphorus ratio is totally inappropriate for the canine species, especially in terms of bone growth. Such a diet can cause major nutritional deficiencies with serious consequences on health. For example, when fed exclusively a raw meat diet, the puppy is exposed to the risk of pathologic fractures following minor trauma.

    To avoid these risks, it is advisable to feed your pup a scientifically balanced dry puppy food. These formulas are designed as high protein food for puppies and are considered by many veterinarians as the best puppy dog food to ensure long-term health and development.