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There is strong, consistent evidence that taurine deficiency causes serious, sometimes irreversible harm in cats — retinal degeneration and dilated cardiomyopathy — and supplementation prevents or rev...
Taurine is an essential amino acid for cats and, according to veterinary sources, has a very high safety margin with virtually no documented toxicity or overdose syndrome in the feline literature . Mo...
Board‑certified veterinary nutritionists and cardiologists universally advise that taurine supplementation should follow veterinary diagnosis (blood testing or clinical signs) and individualized dosin...
Long-term, high-dose taurine supplementation in cats is not documented to damage the heart, eyes, or kidneys; instead, taurine prevents and can reverse organ damage caused by deficiency, particularly ...
Excess taurine in cats is generally regarded as low-risk with no well-documented drug interactions, and high dietary intakes have not produced clear toxicities in available studies . Still, veterinary...