Nutritional Supplements Brands
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Taurine in commercial dog foods?
I was always brought up to believe that dogs shouldn’t eat cat food on a regular basis not only because feline and canine nutritional needs are different, but because cat foods are supplemented with taurine – which is essential for cats but can be harmful to dogs in the long term. I’ve seen the same belief propogated quite a bit on YA as well by other owners.
However, I was scoping different dog food brands in the pet shop today (purely out of interest as I feed homemade natural anyway) and noticed that a lot seemed to containe taurine – amongst other useless additives and junk. Whilst I’m aware that many/most big-brand petfoods are poor quality, surely such additives wouldn’t be put into food if they actually had the potential to be toxic? I’ve also browsed through a variety of food studies in the past; half of which seem to suggest that taurine is good as it prevents certain heart conditions, half which state that it’s potentially toxic.
Who’s right? Am I misinformed?
Excessive taurine will cause liver values to be out of normal on bloodwork, and can lead to liver failure. While some of these dog foods may add taurine, it will be to a lesser degree in dog food, since cats do not make their own taurine.
I wouldn’t use any of those adding taurine for my dogs.
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