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A couple of months ago I was rather distressed that a number of cats on the grief support site I frequent were dying of saddle thrombus. A quick search of this site led me to one thread about it. I asked a question, never got an answer that I know of, and began searching on my own. Of course, I found out some causative factors were heart related such as cardiomegaly, heart failure, murmur. And then I read that a taurine deficiency could lead to heart failure. I see taurine listed as an ingredient on my kitty food cans, but it doesn't say how many milligrams per can. How do you know if canned food has enough taurine - or any other ingredient for that matter - when they don't list the exact amount in milligrams? One site says 36 to 56 mg taurine per day is needed by most adult cats.