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==Roles in the Body==
==Roles in the Body==
'''Taurine is used in the conjugation of bile acids into bile salts in both dogs and cats'''. Cats only use taurine to form bile salts while dogs are able to conjugate [[Bile acids|bile acids]] to either taurine or glycine depending on availability of either amino acid<ref>Rabin J, et al. Dietary influences on bile acid conjugation in the cat. J Nutr 1976;106:1241-1246.</ref><ref>Wildgrube HJ, et al. Naturally occurring conjugated bile acids, measured by high-performance liquid chromatography, in human, dog, and rabbit bile. J Chrom. 1986;353:207-13.</ref>. Cats are unable to switch conjugation to glycine like dogs and other species and have an obligate loss of taurine in faeces. Bile salts are deconjugated in the intestinal lumen by bacteria and the deconjugated bile acids return to the liver via enterohepatic circulation. Taurine is then either absorbed by enterocytes, excreted in faeces, or further utilized by intestinal bacteria.
'''Taurine is used in the conjugation of [[Bile acids|bile acids]] into bile salts in both dogs and cats'''. Cats only use taurine to form bile salts while dogs are able to conjugate bile acids to either taurine or glycine depending on availability of either amino acid<ref>Rabin J, et al. Dietary influences on bile acid conjugation in the cat. J Nutr 1976;106:1241-1246.</ref><ref>Wildgrube HJ, et al. Naturally occurring conjugated bile acids, measured by high-performance liquid chromatography, in human, dog, and rabbit bile. J Chrom. 1986;353:207-13.</ref>. Cats are unable to switch conjugation to glycine like dogs and other species and have an obligate loss of taurine in faeces. Bile salts are deconjugated in the intestinal lumen by bacteria and the deconjugated bile acids return to the liver via enterohepatic circulation. Taurine is then either absorbed by enterocytes, excreted in faeces, or further utilized by intestinal bacteria. <br>
Taurine also plays a role in normal retinal and myocardial function, osmoregulation, platelet aggregation, modulation of calcium flux within cells, reproduction, and immune response.
Taurine also plays a role in normal retinal and myocardial function, osmoregulation, platelet aggregation, modulation of calcium flux within cells, reproduction, and immune response.