1. taurine - Noun
2. taurine - Adjective
Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.
A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA Mitochondrial DNA study suggests that all domesticated taurine cattle originated from about 80 wild female aurochs in the Near East. Source: Internet
However, there is archaeological evidence that these cattle were domesticated independently in Africa and that bloodlines of taurine and zebu cattle were introduced only within the last few hundreds years. Source: Internet
Taurine may be supplemented in the case of retinal degradation or cardiomyopathy (swelling of the heart tissue) found in taurine-deficient cats and dogs. Source: Internet
The Eurasian aurochs were domesticated into modern taurine cattle breeds around the 6th millennium BC in the Middle East, and possibly also at about the same time in the Far East. Source: Internet
Taurine, on the other hand, helps a great deal. Source: Internet
Did we mention taurine is why cats see so well in dim lighting? Source: Internet