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.

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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  • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    Yea I would have loved for this article to have any substance, but as is it’s basically a survey whose main results is “the pet owners we asked all think their own choice is the best choice of food for their pet”.
    It measures confirmation bias at best.