Companion Nutrition | Companion Trace Minerals

Essential Nutrients for Companion Animals

They’re our walking partners, service pets, and loyal friends. They’re our children’s secret keepers, snugglebugs, and playmates. They’re our front door greeters and unofficial therapists. They support and bring joy to our uniformed men and women abroad and at home. They are, in the fullest sense of the word, our companions, and that’s why we work so hard to make sure they get the trace minerals they require—and deserve—for exceptional health and wellbeing.

Trace minerals, including zinc, manganese, and iron, are often referred to as micronutrients. Although they are required only in small daily amounts, they play an essential role in numerous metabolic functions. When fed as part of a well-balanced diet, trace minerals provide dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, ferrets, and guinea pigs with multiple benefits, including skin and coat quality, growth and development, reproductive performance, paw pad integrity, and energy metabolism.

With Zinpro Performance Minerals® in a companion animal’s diet, you’ll see a visible difference in the health and appearance of your walking partner, your service pet, your child’s best friend—companions that are essential to our own wellbeing and happiness.

Essential Nutrients For Companion Animals

The Difference is Noticeable

As trace minerals with the highest biological efficacy on the market, Zinpro Performance Minerals® allow companion animals to absorb more of these trace minerals to receive their full benefit. With the addition of Zinpro Performance Minerals to food, treat, and supplement formulations, you'll see a noticeable difference in the health and appearance of companion animals, such as:

Health & Wellbeing

Zinc, manganese, copper, and selenium have been shown to enhance and support immune function, including antioxidant activity to remove free radicals and protect cell membranes

Skin & Coat Quality

Zinc and manganese facilitate wound healing and skin integrity through improved epithelial production and repair, and they, in addition to iron, are important factors in optimal coat, hair length, and shine

Paw Pad Integrity & Healing

Zinc and manganese have been shown to aid in keratin synthesis for toenail hardness, antioxidant activity to protect cell membranes, and cell division for paw pad growth and repair

Growth & Development

Zinc is shown to improve skeletal soundness, manganese plays a vital role in bone matrix development and joint maintenance and repair, and iron contributes to overall growth and development

Reproductive Performance

Manganese has been shown to aid reproductive hormone production, while research shows zinc to improve reproductive performance in both males and females

Energy Metabolism

Zinc, manganese, and iron contribute to energy metabolism, including carbohydrate,
lipid, protein, and nucleic acid metabolism

A KEY ROLE IN COMPANION ANIMAL DIETS

When incorporated as part of a well-balanced nutrition plan, essential trace minerals deliver important benefits:

Benefit	Trace Minerals	Benefit Description
Immune Response	Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Selenium, and Iron	Humoral Immunity; antibody titers in response to vaccination Cell-mediated immunity Non-specific immunity Antioxidant activity to remove free radicals and protect cell membranes
Joint Skeleton	Manganese Zinc	Chondroitin sulfate synthesis, which is important for formulation, maintenance, and repair of joint cartilage Bone matrix development and maintenance Cell division and protein synthesis for skeletal growth and repair
Pad Condition	Manganese Zinc and Copper	Antioxidant activity to protect cell membranes Cell division to support paw pad growth and repair Paw pad protein synthesis; collagen, keratins, cell envelope proteins, and intercellular cementing substance
Reproduction	Iron and Copper Manganese Zinc Selenium	Reproductive hormone snthesis: steroidogenesis Helps avoid or reduce nutritional anemia Male libido Fetal skeletal development Reproductive tract tissue integrity Conception rates sperm maturation and quality Key to normal ovarian function Reproductive tract repair and immune function
Skin and Coat	Zinc, Manganese, and Iron	Epidermal (skin) cell maintenance through cell division, protein synthesis, and antioxidant activity to remove superoxide radicals Facilitates wound healing Helps avoid or reduce nutritional anemia Development of a longer, fuller coat
Energy	Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Selenium, and Iron	Improved health leaves more energy for activities Wellbeing enhanced, as health problems are minimized or reduced in severity

Additional companion species info on trace minerals available upon request. Product availability varies by country. Contact your Zinpro representative for product availability in your market.

Seeing Is Believing
Effects of Zinpro Performance Minerals^®

On Paw Pad Integrity

Presented with hepatocutaneous syndrome resulting in hyperkeratosis of the footpads, and saw significant improvement to paw pad health after 12 weeks

On Skin and Coat Health

Significant improvement to skin and coat health after
12 weeks

Elimination of dermatosis and improvement to coat

Dramatic resolution of lesions after 10 weeks, with subsequent hair return

Looking Good. Feeling Good.

Zinpro products have shown consistent results in supporting improved skin condition, hair coat quality, and immune function in multiple species. Testimonials indicate positive results observed by companion animal owners and canine dermatology veterinarians.

Recent studies show animals receiving highly available forms of trace minerals—such as those found in Availa®Pet formulations—respond with greater fur density and silkier coats than those receiving ordinary trace minerals.

_a Control: 80 ppm Zn from ZnSO4 | _b 40 ppm Zn from ZnSO4 + 40 ppm Zn from Availa^®Zn zinc amino acid complex |_c 80 ppm Zn from Availa^®Zn | _d 40 ppm Zn from ZnSO4 + 40 ppm Zn from Availa^®Zn + 40 ppm Fe from Availa^®Fe iron amino acid complex | _z Means differ from Control (P < 0.04)

Marks of Excellence

Availa^®Pet has been specially branded for companion animal diets and includes, but is not limited to, three trace mineral complexes: Availa®Zn (zinc amino acid complex), Availa^®Mn (manganese amino acid complex), and Availa®Fe (iron amino acid complex). Customers using these performance minerals—along with our other Zinpro product line offerings—at their full recommended rates qualify to use and proudly display the Availa^®Pet logo on their products.

Availa-Pet is backed by a commitment to quality, and we take every precaution where product safety and traceability are concerned. With the addition of Availa-Pet from Zinpro in pet food, treat, and supplement formulations, you’ll see a visible difference in the health and appearance of your companion animals.

Zinpro Performance Minerals^® are backed by an unmatched portfolio of science-based animal performance data: we invest far more in animal performance studies than all other organic trace mineral companies combined, we direct multiple studies to support our performance minerals criteria, and we have more peer-reviewed publications than any other trace mineral company.

When trace minerals from Zinpro Performance Minerals^® are fed as part of a well-balanced companion animal diet, they can help improve the health and performance of companion animals, with benefits that include: immunity, coat and skin health, growth and development, reproduction, paw integrity, and energy metabolism.

Over 315 dog years of experience

With nearly five decades of experience in supplying superior trace mineral nutrition, Zinpro Corporation understands the unique nutritional needs of companion animals. Talk with your supplier to discuss the benefits of including Zinpro Performance Minerals in your pet food, treat, and supplement products.

Species: Companion

Essential Nutrients for Companion Animals