https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/14315/taurine-dose-for-cat-with-cardiomyopathy I have a case of probable cardiomyopathy in a Burman type cat. As is always the case there is little inclination by the client to spend a lot of money on further investigation! The cat is doing OK on frusemide and an ACE inhibitor. I have suggesteden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/83070?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:49:01 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:df22d97d-4e75-4fc6-9c5f-636b85d44c74Martin Atkinson<p>[quote user=&quot;robloxley&quot;]In your case, Martin, how old was the &#39;juvenile&#39; cat, could it be a congenital murmur. We seem to see lots of cats with congenital low-grade systolic murmurs, and I struggle to think of one that has gone on to develop symptoms, without any treatment either.[/quote] I can&#39;t find the notes on this one as it pre-dates the computer and although the old card index was archived it suffered over-enthusiastic thinning out by a bored nurse who needed the self space one day so I can&#39;t find anything back that far! However it was certainly juvenile and although I recall the heart looked rounded on X-ray suggesting possible dilative cardiomyopathy the owner resisted all further attempts at further investigation (this pre-dates routine echo-cardiography and I used to do contrast radiography of the chambers of the heart) and still comes in regularly for his pot of Taurine tablets.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/82966?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:07:46 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:7ffd3a4b-27eb-434a-90ae-036c6ba18de9Rob Loxley<p>I can think of plenty of things to give the cat that will cause no harm, but am with Martin re the likelihood of taurine deficiency in cats fed a halfway sensible diet, so I really can&#39;t see the reason to give it.</p> <p>In your case, Martin, how old was the &#39;juvenile&#39; cat, could it be a congenital murmur. We seem to see lots of cats with congenital low-grade systolic murmurs, and I struggle to think of one that has gone on to develop symptoms, without any treatment either.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/82897?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:22:20 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:07146868-faba-443d-8ab0-00f7cbc029caMartin Atkinson<p>Taurine&nbsp;deficiency&nbsp;is so rare these days as to be pretty well discounted unless your patient has been fed a stupid diet, and the condition will be dilative not hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. That said I have a patient that had a juvenile murmur, the heart looked slightly dilated&nbsp;on X-ray and ECG trace suggested&nbsp;ventricular&nbsp;enlargement. It wasn&#39;t possible to get taurine levels back then, &nbsp;the owner didn&#39;t want further investigation &nbsp;and when told the list of differentials he wanted the cat to go on a taurine supplement. It is still on it 12 years later! The dose is pretty&nbsp;arbitrary&nbsp;but he give 250mg daily, he is still resisting further tests/investigations and the cat is now on Fortekor as well because his &#39;other vet&#39; (it stays with his mother half the time) said it had a heart attack. Who am I to argue? As you say won&#39;t do any harm.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/82890?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:01:33 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:02a67343-edfe-4022-bb85-35da66ece45eBob Russell<p>No. The owners have declined further investigation. It is unlikely to be a taurine deficiency but I am working on the assumption that&nbsp;supplementing&nbsp;will do no harm!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/82888?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:49:48 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:37a15500-a860-4493-8336-6e4118f621aeRob Loxley<p>Have you measured the taurine level?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>