Taurine is naturally found in meat. It and a few other meat-specific nutrients are required for cats to be healthy. However, these nutrients are heat-sensitive and are destroyed when meat is processed into kibble. I suppose I haven't surveyed every single meat-based kibble on the market, but all of the following use synthetic Taurine.
Furthermore, feeding a raw meat diet does not guarantee proper Taurine intake.
Role of Diet in the Health of the Feline Intestinal Tract and in Inflammatory Bowel Disease - "Moreover, 70% of the remaining raw rabbit diet fed cats, which appeared outwardly healthy, also had heart muscle changes compatible with taurine deficiency and could have developed heart failure if continued on our raw rabbit diet. For the remaining three months of the study, the raw rabbit diet was supplemented with taurine and taurine levels returned to normal."
Yes and all meat based pet foods contain synthetic taurine as well.
Taurine is naturally found in meat. It and a few other meat-specific nutrients are required for cats to be healthy. However, these nutrients are heat-sensitive and are destroyed when meat is processed into kibble. I suppose I haven't surveyed every single meat-based kibble on the market, but all of the following use synthetic Taurine.
Furthermore, feeding a raw meat diet does not guarantee proper Taurine intake.
Role of Diet in the Health of the Feline Intestinal Tract and in Inflammatory Bowel Disease - "Moreover, 70% of the remaining raw rabbit diet fed cats, which appeared outwardly healthy, also had heart muscle changes compatible with taurine deficiency and could have developed heart failure if continued on our raw rabbit diet. For the remaining three months of the study, the raw rabbit diet was supplemented with taurine and taurine levels returned to normal."
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