Background: Taurine status is impacted by dietary supply of methionine and cysteine (SAA) and possibly intestinal microbial activity, where plasma and whole blood taurine concentrations are currently used to evaluate taurine status. Objective: We determined effects of dietary SAA restriction on...

A recent association between the inclusion of pulses in canine diets and taurine deficiency has become a prevalent issue in the pet food industry. Although dogs do not currently have a nutritional requirement for taurine, taurine deficiencies that do occur can result in serious health issues, such...

Hyperammonemia is a medical condition marked by excessive levels of ammonia in the blood and includes a variety of symptoms indicative of significant CNS abnormalities. Twenty one dogs of various age group and breed were presented at Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Mumbai Veterinary College,...

Background: Hyperammonemia can result in hepatic encephalopathy, which in severe cases eventually can lead to coma and death. In dogs, congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS) are the most common cause for hyperammonemia. Conservative treatment consists of a protein modified diet, nonabsorbable...

Taurine is an aminoacid that performs various physiological functions: the formation of bile acids, the regulation of cell volume, the intracellular elimination of carbonyl groups. It is present in various organs, in particular at the level of the heart, retina and leukocytes. Some animals, such as ...

Background: It is known that large dogs who are fed lamb and rice diets are at increased risk to develop taurine-deficiency-induced dilated cardiomyopathy. Since dogs obligatorily conjugate bile acids (BA) with taurine, we determined whether rice bran (RB) or other fibers (cellulose; CL, beet pulp; ...

Pancreatitis in cats is frequently accompanied by concurrent disease in other organ systems. Co-morbidities include hepatic lipidosis, inflammatory liver disease, bile duct obstruction, diabetes mellitus, inflammatory bowel disease, vitamin deficiency (B12/cobalamin, folate or K), intestinal...

Taurine is an amino-sulfonic acid that is required in the diet of cats. Although cats can synthesize a limited amount of taurine from cystine, they require dietary taurine to maintain a variety of important metabolic functions. Without adequate dietary supplementation, the amount of taurine lost in ...

Although taurine is not dietarily essential for dogs, taurine deficiency and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are sporadically reported in large-breed dogs. Taurine status and husbandry were examined in 216 privately owned Newfoundlands, a giant dog breed with high incidence of idiopathic DCM...

The efficacy of cholylsarcosine, a synthetic deconjugation-resistant and non-secretory conjugated bile acid analogue for the treatment of fat malabsorption caused by severe bile acid malabsorption was assessed in 2 dogs. The ileum and ileocaecal valve were resected, causing severe diarrhoea, bile ...