{"id":42376,"date":"2023-09-13T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newswire.com\/news\/vegan-cats-are-healthier-finds-largest-study-to-date-22124706"},"modified":"2023-09-13T14:00:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:00:03","slug":"vegan-cats-are-healthier-finds-largest-study-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d56fg8tfg.fitnews.club\/lifestyle\/vegan-cats-are-healthier-finds-largest-study-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Cats Are Healthier, Finds Largest Study to Date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n
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Health outcomes in 1,369 cats fed vegan or meat-based diets<\/b><\/small> <\/a>
Seven general indicators of illness were studies, as well as 22 of the most common feline health disorders.<\/small>

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\n WINCHESTER, England, September 13, 2023 (Newswire.com)\n -\n <\/strong>Cats are carnivores, or so we thought. However, a major new study<\/a> has found that cats are healthier, when fed vegan diets. The study, just published in leading scientific journal PLOS ONE<\/i>, is the largest such study to date. It resulted from an international collaboration led by veterinary Professor Andrew Knight (UK) and co-authored by statisticians Dr Alexander Bauer (Germany) and Hazel Brown (UK). It studied 1,369 cats fed vegan or meat-based pet food, for at least one year. Cats fed vegan diets had better health outcomes for each of seven general health indicators studied. <\/p>\n

First, differences between diet groups in age, sex, neutering (desexing) status and primary location (outdoor vs. indoor) were all controlled for statistically. Next, risk reductions were calculated for cats of average age and characteristics. For average cats fed vegan diets, risk reductions were:<\/p>\n