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US 8,133,503 B2Granted
Senior feline food
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsDorothy P. Laflamme, Barbara McCracken
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Abstract
A feline pet food comprising a dietary level of protein and a supplemental amount of at least one amino acid in an amount sufficient to provide a feline lean body mass protection equivalent to about a 50% protein feline pet food.
Claims9
A method for providing a senior feline with enhanced health benefits derived from its diet, said method comprising:
- incorporating in a feline food a supplemental amount of lysine and cysteine in an amount sufficient to provide enhanced health benefits over that accorded by the food without the supplemental amount of lysine and cysteine;
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- feeding the food with the supplemental amount of the lysine and cysteine to the senior feline, wherein the amount of lysine is in the range from about 2.0% to about 3.5% of the feline diet, and the amount of cysteine is in the range from about 0.50% to about 0.75% of the feline diet.
A method of compensating for a lowered dietary protein level in a feline diet, said method comprising:
- feeding a senior feline an amount of lysine and cysteine sufficient to compensate for the lowered dietary protein level by providing substantially the same lean body mass protection to the senior feline that a feline diet including a higher dietary protein level would provide, wherein the amount of lysine is in the range from about 2.0% to about 3.5% of the feline diet, and the amount of cysteine is in the range from about 0.50% to about 0.75% of the feline diet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.