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Vegan is the future… for dogs and cats too! (plantbasedtreaty.org)

submitted 1 day ago by Sunshine@lemmy.vg to c/vegan@slrpnk.net

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

taurine and arginine, to be more precise.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Taurine and arginine are amino acids, building blocks for proteins, not proteins themselves. Animo acids are quite ubiquitous across life, not specific to any one type of life. eg Plants contain both taurine and arginine.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago

thanks for the additional information

i remember reading that plants can't supply enough taurin. Luckily it seems easy to synthesize (that's how we have redbull &c