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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Karen Joy Wedekind, St. Peters, MO (US);
Steven Curtis Zicker, Lawrence, KS (US);
Inventors:
Karen Joy Wedekind, St. Peters, MO (US);
Steven Curtis Zicker, Lawrence, KS (US);
Assignee:
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/17 (2006.01); A01N 65/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for inhibiting a decline in learning and/or memory in an animal comprising maintaining the animal on an antioxidant-fortified diet for a period of at least about 3 years. The diet comprises at least one antioxidant in a total antioxidant amount effective to achieve such inhibition. Suitable antioxidants include vitamin E, vitamin C, α-lipoic acid and antioxidant-containing plant meals. The methods are particularly useful for young adult canines such as dogs.