Patent ID: 8968806
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A23K,A23L,A23V,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of supplementing a diet of a canine, the canine diet comprising foods selected from the group consisting of 2% fat cottage cheese, beef, chicken, chicken egg, lamb, pork, salmon, soy, barley, brown rice, couscous, oats, potato, spaghetti, sweet potato, tapioca, white rice, and combinations thereof, the method comprising the step of combining a supplement with said diet of a canine wherein said canine a dietary supplement comprises arginine, chloride, cystine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine, Vitamin D, selenium, Vitamin B-12, Vitamin K, Vitamin A, calcium, copper, iodine, iron, niacin, pantothenic acid, phosphorus, potassium, riboflavin, sodium, thiamine, choline, Vitamin E, zinc and: a. approximately 3.07 to 3.90 percent by weight tryptophan; b. approximately 0.0000570 to 0.0000723 percent by weight vitamin D; c. approximately 0.000247 to 0.00143 percent by weight selenium; d. approximately 0.00684 to 0.00867 percent by weight vitamin A; e. approximately 27.9 to 44.5 percent by weight calcium; f. approximately 0.0352 to 0.0401 percent by weight copper; g. approximately 0.00795 to 0.00903 percent by weight iodine; h. approximately 0.385 to 0.512 percent by weight iron; i. approximately 1.38 to 2.40 percent by weight magnesium; j. approximately 17.1 to 21.7 percent by weight phosphorus; k. approximately 0.677 to 1.51 percent by weight vitamin E; and l. approximately 0.611 to 0.643 percent by weight zinc.