In response to a recent article on vegan diets for cats, Phys.org received numerous messages from concerned readers. People raised a lot of concerns, mainly arguing that cats are obligate carnivores and that vegan diets could be very harmful to their health. Now, we have collected all these comments, questions and concerns and asked the researcher behind the original paper to address them. Andrew Knight, Veterinary Professor of Animal Welfare and Associate Professor at Murdoch University School of Veterinary Medicine, offers his response below.
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These data were collected from survey respondents, rather than using more clinical data such as weighing of cats and their meals. Such clinical data would be preferable, but this is much costlier to obtain, and sufficient research funding has not yet been sourced.
In other words, this is all a load of trash.
