Feeding of an arginine deficient diet to kittens results in diarrhoea, weight loss, food refusal, ataxia, hyperammonemia, and urinary orotic aciduria<ref name="Morris"/>. Feeding a diet that has no arginine but contains substantial levels of other amino acids can result in death within a few hours<ref name="Taylor"/>. | Feeding of an arginine deficient diet to kittens results in diarrhoea, weight loss, food refusal, ataxia, hyperammonemia, and urinary orotic aciduria<ref name="Morris"/>. Feeding a diet that has no arginine but contains substantial levels of other amino acids can result in death within a few hours<ref name="Taylor"/>. |