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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS (US);
Inventor:
Nolan Zebulon Frantz, Andover, NJ (US);
Assignee:
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/385 (2006.01); A61P 19/04 (2006.01); A61P 19/00 (2006.01); A61P 19/02 (2006.01); A23K 1/16 (2006.01); A23K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/385 (2013.01); A23K 1/1618 (2013.01); A23K 1/1846 (2013.01); A23K 1/1866 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention encompasses pet food compositions and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or disorders in companion animals, for example, for the treatment or prevention of degenerative joint conditions, osteoarthritis, cartilage damage, and maintaining or increasing bone mineral density, wherein the compositions and methods include feeding a companion animal a composition including lipoic acid or a salt thereof.