Taurine: Is There Enough in Your Cat's Diet?
Taurine is considered an indisposable, or essential, amino acid for cats!
Unlike many other mammals, cats lack the ability to synthesize taurine in their bodies. This means that cats must have taurine provided directly through their fed diet. As cats are obligate carnivores, it works out: taurine is found in animal-based proteins – i.e. meat.
If a cat is deprived of taurine, the symptoms may not be noticeable for quite some time, potentially upwards of two years. Feeding cats a quality pet food, be it wet, kibble, raw, or otherwise, with appropriate inclusions of taurine is one way of helping your purr-fect partner live a healthy life.
Pet food is a very complex matrix and it takes a laboratory with a lot of experience with it to analyze it correctly. Read through the attached infographic to see the benefits of taurine for cats, and also learn about how Eurofins can help you verify the taurine content in your product.
