Relationship between circulating and dietary taurine concentrations in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy.
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.
Freeman
L M
LM
Tufts University, School of Veterinary Medicine, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA.
Rush
J E
JE
Brown
D J
DJ
Roudebush
P
P
D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary*; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013654:Taurine / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism*
D013654:Taurine