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Relationship between circulating and dietary taurine concentrations in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy
L M Freeman1, J E Rush, D J Brown
1Tufts University, School of Veterinary Medicine, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA.
Abstract:
A retrospective study was conducted to determine dietary taurine concentrations in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and to compare the clinical outcome of taurine-deficient and non-taurine-deficient dogs. Taurine concentrations were low in blood samples from 20 of 37 dogs with DCM. Median dietary taurine concentration was not significantly different between taurine-deficient and nondeficient dogs. There was no correlation between dietary and circulating taurine concentrations. The outcome of taurine-deficient dogs supplemented with taurine was not different from the outcome of nondeficient dogs. The role oftaurine and its relationship to dietary intake in canine DCM remain unclear.
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