“The Taurine Requirement of the Adult Cat”, 1982-09 (; backlinks):
From the results of two earlier investigations [of cat taurine requirements] it appeared that the minimum daily taurine requirement was 35–56 mg for an adult cat.
The taurine requirement of adult cats was investigated using a purified amino-acid diet containing various levels of added taurine.
The results of the present study show that a taurine intake of about 10 mg/kg bodyweight/day is sufficient to maintain adult cats in adequate taurine status.
This value is in agreement with the previous estimate and approximates to a taurine concentration of 500 mg/kg of dry matter in a commercial cat food.
[This only measures the necessary taurine to avoid gross eye retinal pathology over a short period, not any kind of overall life-long optimum taurine consumption rate.]
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