title: Relationship between circulating and dietary taurine concentrations in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy.
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.
authors.affiliation: Tufts University, School of Veterinary Medicine, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Rush
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roudebush
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D013654:Taurine