Dr. Karen Wedekind has over 30 years experience as a nutritionist in the pet food industry, and has multi-species expertise in companion animals, poultry, swine, rats and horses. She has been an author/co-author on 24 patents and 33 peer-reviewed publications primarily focused on minerals, antioxidants, and development of animal models to assess nutrient requirements, bioavailability and role of trace minerals in lameness.