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Time from diet presentation to eating (latency time), food intake, and feeding-related behaviors were recorded by caregivers. Analyses included descriptive statistics and mixed-effects regression models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Caregivers classified renal diet acceptance as positive for 69.0% (n\u00a0=\u00a029) of cats, negative for 23.8% (n\u00a0=\u00a010), and neutral for 7.1% (n\u00a0=\u00a03). Overall, cats were significantly more likely (P\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a0.001) to be recorded in a higher diet intake category in Phase 2 than in Phase 1, whereas latency time did not differ significantly (P\u00a0=\u00a0.07). Based on recorded intake during Phase 3, neither diet was significantly preferred (P\u00a0=\u00a0.34), although caregivers perceived a preference for the usual diet in 47.6% (n\u00a0=\u00a020) of cats and for the renal diet in 45.2% (n\u00a0=\u00a019). If prescribed, caregivers would offer this therapeutic diet to 78.6% (n\u00a0=\u00a033) of cats.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and clinical importance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this short-term feeding trial, most healthy cats accepted the renal diet formulated for early-stage CKD with no apparent palatability concerns.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jvimsj\/aalag234","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,7]],"date-time":"2026-10-07T17:35:57Z","timestamp":1791394557000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Palatability assessment of a commercial wet renal diet in healthy cats: an open-label in-home exploratory trial"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"40","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3478-2840","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tom\u00e1s 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