Effects of dietary medium-chain triglycerides on plasma lipids and lipoprotein distribution and food aversion in cats.

Objective: To determine possible diet aversion and lipid and lipoprotein alterations in cats fed diets containing medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs).

Animals: 19 clinically normal adult female cats.

Procedures: Cats were assigned to 2 groups (low MCT diet [n = 10] and high MCT diet [9]) and fed the diets for 9 weeks according to metabolic body weight (100 kcal of metabolizable energy [ME] x kg(-0.