Taurine Powder

Taurine is an important part of the feline diet and is essential in preventing a disorder in cats called "dilated cardiomyopathy" (which is a failure of the heart muscle), as well as being very significant in helping feline reproduction, and prevention of a progressive retinal disease called "feline central retinal degeneration" (FCRD) which will cause blindness if left untreated. In queens that have taurine-deficient diets one finds more still births, fewer live kittens born, and ultimately fewer kittens that survive to the weaning stage.

Contains 1000mg/5gm of Taurine in a water soluble maltodextrin powder. 16 oz

For dogs and cats.

Taurine is a colorless crystalline compound which is found in the freeform in invertebrates and in the bile of mammals. It promotes theintestinal absorption of lipids (fats) as cholesterol.

In the wild, rodents formed a large part of the feline diet and therodents had significant levels of taurine in their brains. When webegan to domesticate cats and feed them commercial cat foods instead oftheir wild diets, taurine deficiency started appearing. This was ofgreat concern especially in the 1970's when it was proven that manycommercial cat foods on the market at that time contained an inadequateamount of taurine. Cats are different from other animals in that theycannot make enough taurine internally to meet their needs and they musthave enough taurine supplied to them in their food. Since these studiescame out most major pet food companies revised their pet food formulasto include taurine. Interestingly enough, not all taurine is equal andsome commercial foods need to have even more taurine added to theirformulas to allow for proper feline absorption and utilization; inaddition some breeds of cats seem to require more taurine than others.

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