Whilst survey studies evaluating guardian-reported outcomes generally encompassed larger numbers of animals, these are subject to inherent biases due to participant selection, as well as the reliability of lay people making judgements around somewhat subjective concepts, such as health and body condition.
The whole section : “4.1. Evidence Considerations” specifically points out the inadequacies and limitations of the studies under analysis.
As does the conclusion section : “5. Conclusions”
Which to my personal interpretation says
“We haven’t found anything overtly damaging, some benefits even, but the research is lacking in scope, sample size and length is largely from potentially biased sources”
“If you are going to feed your cat or dog a vegan diet, use the commercial ones as they are less likely to be problematic”
emphasis on the potentially there, lest you think I’m claiming absolute bias in my interpretation.
I asked you to show peer reviewed studies that prove cats will not find vegan food palatable.
You asked for nutrition and palatability, the nutrition part is covered in the inconclusive nature of the meta study conclusion section, neither strongly for nor against until higher quality research is available.
Going back to a previous comment
You asked for peer reviewed studies into the palatability and nutrition of vegan cat food.
I provided.
Your provided studies made no mention of a particular palatability metric (i could have missed it however).
The fact that they eat either type of food would imply a measure of palatability both ways, but if you have something definitive I’d be interested to see it.
Empirically and with a structurally repeatable methodology.
Preferably with funding provided by a somewhat neutral party.
The meta-study you provided specifically calls out the problem with self reported studies.
The whole section : “4.1. Evidence Considerations” specifically points out the inadequacies and limitations of the studies under analysis.
As does the conclusion section : “5. Conclusions”
Which to my personal interpretation says
“We haven’t found anything overtly damaging, some benefits even, but the research is lacking in scope, sample size and length is largely from potentially biased sources”
“If you are going to feed your cat or dog a vegan diet, use the commercial ones as they are less likely to be problematic”
emphasis on the potentially there, lest you think I’m claiming absolute bias in my interpretation.
You asked for nutrition and palatability, the nutrition part is covered in the inconclusive nature of the meta study conclusion section, neither strongly for nor against until higher quality research is available.
Going back to a previous comment
Your provided studies made no mention of a particular palatability metric (i could have missed it however). The fact that they eat either type of food would imply a measure of palatability both ways, but if you have something definitive I’d be interested to see it.