This article reviews the survival times of 321 cats with renal insufficiency on different diets. Mean survival time of the 175 cats on conventional diets was 7 months compared to 16 months in cats on therapeutic diets. While the composition of the therapeutic diets was comparable, the most effective therapeutic diet (mean survival time 23 months) had a very high content of eicosapentaenoic acid.
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Retrospective study of the survival of cats with acquired chronic renal insufficiency offered different commercial diets.
Plantinga, E.A.