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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard D. Kealy, Waterloo, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/166 ; A61K 3/342 ; A01N 5/700 ; A01N 5/926 ; C12P 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/166 ; A61K 3/342 ; A01N 5/700 ; A01N 5/926 ; C12P 3/00 ;
Abstract
Nutritionally balanced dog food compositions containing a dietary source of pyrophosphate, for reducing the incidence and extent of hip joint subluxation in dogs, and method of use. One embodiment of the dog food composition includes about 2.0% by weight sodium acid pyrophosphate. In use and in one embodiment of the method a puppy is fed the dog food composition as substantially the sole diet from weaning at about 6-8 weeks of age to about 2 years of age, to improve hip joint stability and reduce the incidence and severity of canine hip dysplasia.