Patent ID: 9717679
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61K

Claim:
1. A method for treating a skin treatment area of a non-human animal having fur or hair, comprising: identifying a skin treatment area of a non-human animal having fur or hair thereon and exhibiting an adverse skin condition that causes the skin treatment area to have a greater risk, relative to a second portion of the non-human animal's skin that is not affected by the adverse skin condition, for at least one of skin maceration, exposure to ultraviolet radiation, self-inflicted injury and infection, wherein the fur or hair is on or part of the skin treatment area; and spraying onto the skin treatment area, without removing the fur or hair, a composition comprising a solid particulate material suspended in a fluid base material comprising a silicone oil to form a hydrophobic moisture barrier on the skin treatment area, the composition having a viscosity of from about 200 to about 700 centipoise, measured at room temperature using a Brookfield viscometer.