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Vitamin E
- - vitamin in search of a disease, may cause muscular dystrophy as described with selenium
- -Tocopherol acetate is the most commercially available form of this vitamin
- -Acts as an antioxidant by tying up excess oxygen in oil containing feeds in the animal body
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Vitamin A
- -Retinal palmitate is a chemically stable form of this vitamin
- -a deficiency of this causes night blindness and reproductive failure
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Vitamin D
- -toxicity of this vitamin causes decalcification of skeletal tissue and calcification of soft tissue
- -Ergosterol is the chief source of this vitamin in plants
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Vitamin K
- -required for normal blood clotting by synthesizing prothrombin
- -dicoumarol is antagonist of this vitamin
- -phylloquinone is a source of this vitamin in green veggies
- -Menaquinon is a product of bacterial flora in the GI tract and is a form of this fat soluble vitamin
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Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
- -important in collagen metabolism and iron absorption
- -deficiency causes bleeding gums/scurvy, slow wound healing and hemorrhaging
- -Not synthesized in tissue
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Folic Acid
- -Involved in enzyme systems that incorporate single C units into larger molecules
- -Deficiency=anemia
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Riboflavin (B2)
- Component of coenzyme calvin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)
- -deficiency curled toe paralysis in birds
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pantothenic acid
- Component of acetyl coenzyme A molecule
- -Deficiency= dermatitis, loss of hair, and is commonly deficient in swine and poultry
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Pyridoxine (B6)
- involved in amino acid decarboxylation and transamination and red blood cell formation
- -deficiency= skin lesions, convulsions and anemia
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Choline
- -Component of lecithin and acetyl choline
- -perosis, and poor production in swine are signs of deficiency
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Biotin
- Component of coenzyme carboxylase
- -deficiency= dermatitis, loss of hair, perosis in chicks
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Thiamin (B1)
- Phosphorylated to TPP which converts pyretic acid to acetyl CoA
- -Deficiency=BeriBeri in humans, convulsions, anorexia, cardiovascular disease
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Niacin (B3)
- Constituent of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)
- -deficiency= pellagra in humans, 4D's (death, diarrhea, dermatitis, and dementia)
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B12
- - a crucial component of several coenzymes
- -deficiency=anemia, hatching problems in birds
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