METHODS FOR PROMOTING ORAL HEALTH IN ANIMALS

• Main Authors: SCHERL, DALE, SCOTT, LOGAN, ELLEN, IRENE, GROSS, KATHY, LYNN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 09.11.2006
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING

Methods for promoting oral health in an animal by causing the animal to ingest a composition comprising an oral health promoting amount of at least one antioxidant such as the antioxidants vitamin C, vitamin E, or a combination thereof. L'invention concerne des méthodes permettant d'améliorer la santé bucco-dentaire chez un animal. Cette méthode consiste à faire ingérer par l'animal une composition contenant au moins un antioxydant, tel que la vitamine C antioxydante, la vitamine E antioxydante ou une combinaison de celles-ci, à un taux permettant d'améliorer la santé bucco-dentaire.