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...

Objectives: The aims of this study were to evaluate taurine levels in English cocker spaniels with dilated cardiomyopathy and assess their survival time and natural progression of their disease. Materials and Methods: Retrospective comparison of English cocker spaniels with dilated cardiomyopathy...

Introduction: A surge in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consumer complaints identified concerns that legume-rich, grain-free diets were associated with nutritionally-mediated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Golden retrievers represent the most reported breed affected by this condition and...

Introduction: Golden retrievers are over-represented in cases of taurine-deficient dilated cardiomyopathy and recently a surge in cases has prompted further investigation. Objective: To describe the clinical, dietary, and echocardiographic features in golden retrievers diagnosed with taurine ...

Taurine deficiency is considered as a potential cause of recent cases of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs in the United States. On July 12, the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) commented on reports of DCM in dogs. The dogs were fed grain-free diet, rich in peas, lentils, other legumes, or...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether blood taurine concentrations in dogs with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) were lower than the reference interval (200 to 350 nmol/mL) or the cutoff used to indicate taurine deficiency (< 150 nmol/mL). ANIMALS: 18 dogs with clinical or presumptive subclinical EPI with residual blood...

Introduction: Canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) can result from numerous etiologies including genetic mutations, infections, toxins, and nutritional imbalances. This study sought to characterize differences in echocardiographic findings between dogs with DCM fed grain-free (GF) diets and...

Since a few years, a lot of cases of canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) were reported as possibly linked to specific kinds of pet foods: "no grain" foods, or foods rich in legumes like peas and lentils. Those cases seem different to the previous food- associated DCM cases that had been described...

Since a few years, a lot of cases of canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) were reported as possibly linked to specific kinds of pet foods: "no grain" foods, or foods rich in legumes like peas and lentils. Those cases seem different to the previous food- associated DCM cases that had been described...

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; ...