Letters to the Editor

  • 1.

    Laflamme DP, Backus RC, Forrester SD, Hoenig M. Evidence does not support the controversy regarding carbohydrates in feline diets. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2022;260(5):506513.

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  • 2.

    Samtiya M, Aluko RE, Dhewa T. Plant food anti-nutritional factors and their reduction strategies: an overview. Food Prod Process Nutr. 2020;2(1):114. doi:10.1186/s43014-020-0020-5

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    Funaba M, Uchiyama A, Takahashi K, et al. Evaluation of effects of dietary carbohydrate on formation of struvite crystals in urine and macromineral balance in clinically normal cats. Am J Vet Res. 2004;65(2):138-42. doi:10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.138

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  • 4.

    Tonstad S, Jaceldo-Siegl K, Messina M, et al. The association between soya consumption and serum thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations in the Adventist Health Study-2. Public Health Nutr. 2016;19(8):14641470. doi:10.1017/S1368980015002943

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    Morosi LG, Cutine AM, Cagnoni AJ, et al. Control of intestinal inflammation by glycosylation-dependent lectin-driven immunoregulatory circuits. Sci Adv. 2021;7(25):eabf8630. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abf8630

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  • 1.

    Laflamme DP, Backus RC, Forrester SD, Hoenig M. Evidence does not support the controversy regarding carbohydrates in feline diets. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2022;260(5):506513.

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  • 2.

    Coradini M, Rand JS, Morton JM, Rawlings JM. Effects of two commercially available feline diets on glucose and insulin concentrations, insulin sensitivity and energetic efficiency of weight gain. Br J Nutr. 2011;106(suppl 1):S64S77. doi:10.1017/S0007114511005046

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  • 3.

    Zini E, Osto M, Franchini M, et al. Hyperglycaemia but not hyperlipidaemia causes beta cell dysfunction and beta cell loss in the domestic cat. Diabetologia. 2009;52(2):336346. doi:10.1007/s00125-008-1201-y

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  • 4.

    Link KR, Allio I, Rand JS, Eppler E. The effect of experimentally induced chronic hyperglycaemia on serum and pancreatic insulin, pancreatic islet IGF-I and plasma and urinary ketones in the domestic cat (Felis felis). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2013;188:269281. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.029

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  • 5.

    McCann TM, Simpson KE, Shaw DJ, Butt JA, Gunn-Moore DA. Feline diabetes mellitus in the UK: the prevalence within an insured cat population and a questionnaire-based putative risk factor analysis. J Feline Med Surg. 2007;9(4):289299.

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  • 6.

    Öhlund M, Egenvall A, Fall T, Hansson-Hamlin H, Röcklinsberg H, Holst BS. Environmental risk factors for diabetes mellitus in cats. J Vet Intern Med. 2017;31(1):2935. doi:10.1111/jvim.14618

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  • 7.

    Sallander M, Eliasson J, Hadhammar A. Prevalence and risk factors for development of diabetes mellitus in Swedish cats. Acta Vet Scand. 2012;54(1):61. doi:10.1186/1751-0147-54-61

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  • 8.

    Slingerland LI, Fazilova VV, Plantinga EA, Kooistra HS, Beynen AC. Indoor confinement and physical inactivity rather than the proportion of dry food are risk factors in the development of feline type 2 diabetes mellitus. Vet J. 2009;179(2):247253. doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.08.035

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  • 9.

    Laflamme DP, Abood SK, Fascetti AJ, Fleeman L, Freeman L, Michel K. The effect of age on how cats are fed. Abstract in: Proceedings of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association World Congress. World Small Animal Veterinary Association; 2008.

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  • 10.

    Laflamme DP, Abood SK, Fascetti AJ, et al. Pet feeding practices of dog and cat owners in the United States and Australia. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2008;232(5):687694.

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  • 11.

    Nguyen PG, Dumon HJ, Siliart BS, Martin LJ, Sergheraert R, Biourge VC. Effects of dietary fat and energy on body weight and composition after gonadectomy in cats. Am J Vet Res. 2004;65(12):17081713. doi:10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1708

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  • 12.

    Backus RC, Cave NJ, Keisler DH. Gonadectomy and high dietary fat but not high dietary carbohydrate induce gains in body weight and fat of domestic cats. Br J Nutr. 2007;98(3):641650. doi:10.1017/S0007114507750869

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    Pereira-Lancha LO, Coelho DF, de Campos-Ferraz PL, Lancha AH Jr. Body fat regulation: is it a result of a simple energy balance or a high fat intake? J Am Coll Nutr. 2010;29(4):343351. doi:10.1080/07315724.2010.10719850

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  • 14.

    Farrow HA, Rand JS, Morton JM, O’Leary CA, Sunvold GD. Effect of dietary carbohydrate, fat, and protein on postprandial glycemia and energy intake in cats. J Vet Intern Med. 2013;27(5):11211135. doi:10.1111/jvim.12139

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    Jeremias JT, Nogueira SP, Brunetto MA, et al. Predictive formulas for food base excess and urine pH estimations in cats. Anim Feed Sci Technol. 2013;182(1-4):8292.

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    Funaba M, Uchiyama A, Takahashi K, et al. Evaluation of effects of dietary carbohydrate on formation of struvite crystals in urine and macromineral balance in clinically normal cats. Am J Vet Res. 2004;65(2):138142. doi:10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.138

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  • 17.

    Kass PH, Peterson ME, Levy J, James K, Becker DV, Cowgill LD. Evaluation of environmental, nutritional, and host factors in cats with hyperthyroidism. J Vet Intern Med. 1999;13(4):323329.

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  • 18.

    Köhler I, Ballhausen BD, Stockhaus C, Hartmann K, Wehner A. Prevalence of and risk factors for feline hyperthyroidism among a clinic population in Southern Germany. Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere. 2016;44(3):149157.

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    McLean JL, Lobetti RG, Mooney CT, Thompson PN, Schoeman JP. Prevalence of and risk factors for feline hyperthyroidism in South Africa. J Feline Med Surg. 2017;19(10):11031109.

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  • 20.

    Bree L, Gallagher BA, Shiel RE, Mooney CT. Prevalence and risk factors for hyperthyroidism in Irish cats from the greater Dublin area. Ir Vet J. 2018;71:2. doi:10.1186/s13620-017-0113-x

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  • 21.

    Singh S, Gamlath S, Wakeling L. Nutritional aspects of food extrusion: a review. Int J Food Sci Technol. 2007;42(8):916929.

  • 22.

    Ciudad-Mulero M, Fernández-Ruiz V, Cuadrado C, et al. Novel gluten-free formulations from lentil flours and nutritional yeast: evaluation of extrusion effect on phytochemicals and non-nutritional factors. Food Chem. 2020;315:126175. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126175

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  • 1.

    Swieton N, Oblak ML, Brisson BA, Singh A, Ringwood PB. Multi-institutional study of long-term outcomes of a ventral versus lateral approach for mandibular and sublingual sialoadenectomy in dogs with a unilateral sialocele: 46 cases (1999–2019). J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2022;260(6):634642.

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