Taurine is a very important essential amino acid that is vital in a cats health. Before the importance of Taurine was discovered many cats had developed feline cardiomyopathy, heart failure, central retinal degeneration and blindness and reproductive problems due to the shortage of Taurine in their diets.

BARF is an acronym for Biologically Appropriate Raw Food and also stands for Bones And Raw Food. Other apt terms include evolutionary diet, natural diet and species appropriate diet. Every living animal requires a biologically appropriate diet. If you think about it, not one animal on earth is adapted by evolution to eat a cooked food diet.

Book Review by the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, for the above title by Kymythy R. Schultze, AHI.

BIO-CAT is an ISO-9001:2000 registered supplier of enzyme products to various industries and applications. Supplies of enzymes for food, industrial and dietary supplement applications. Troy, Virginia.

Articles, references and links on feline nutrition by Swiss Abyssinian breeder Christine Ruessheim, including raw meat diets, taurine, honey, vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, fiber and toxic plants.

Articles on choosing a cat food, feeding cats, and nutrients in cat foods.

Review of experiments comparing cats fed raw meat vs. cooked meat diets, plus comparative taurine requirements and synthesis in cats vs. humans.

Feline Future case report on a cat who was apparently poisoned by tomatoes. Recently, one of Feline Future's cats ingested about 100g of fresh, organic cherry tomatoes, which someone had accidentally left out. This particular cat has a history of being attracted to foods unusual for a feline, and will also consume a variety of fruit if offered to him.

Metabolism of amino acids in cats with severe cobalamin deficiency. Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.

A BARF diet is the cornerstone of good health. For the price of a 15 minute consultation with your vet Raw Meaty Bones: promote health provides hours of reading pleasure. In 389 easy-to-read pages you can discover masses of information not available in whole libraries of veterinary textbooks.