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ANS-311 Principles of Animal Nutrition
Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 3
11/27/2011

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Term
Vitamin A
Definition
Xeropthalmia: dryness, ulceration of eyes
Term
Vitamin D
Definition
Rickets: abnormal skeletal development in younger animals
Osteomalacia: abnormal skeletal development in adult animals
Term
Vitamin E
Definition
Myopathy "white muscle disease"
Encephalomalacia "crazy chick disease" softening of brain tissues due to neurological degeneration.
Term
Vitamin K
Definition
Sweet clover disease:antagonist for Vit K and can cause spontaneous hemorrhages.
Term
Thiamin
Definition
"beri beri" Polyneuritus in poultry. Causes paralysis
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Riboflavin
Definition
Curled toe paralysis, mouth lesions, impaired reproduction
Term
Niacin
Definition
Dermatitis, Pellagra "rough skin"
Term
Pantothenic Acid
Definition
"Goose-stepping" Nerve damage.
Term
Folic Acid
Definition
Neural tube (spine) and spina bitida.
Term
Vitamin B12
Definition
Anemia, emaciation, reduced growth, loss of appetite.
Term
Biotin
Definition
Foot Pad Dermatitis, hoof lesions, alopecia
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Choline
Definition
Related to fat transport, synthesis, metabolism.
Term
Vitamin C
Definition
Scurvy
Term
Calcium
Definition
Rickets, Osteomalacia, Osteoporosis, Milk fever
Term
Ca/P
Definition
Lactational Eclampsia, Nutritional 2ndary Hyperthyroidism, Hyper/Hypocalcemia, Pica
Term
Magnesium
Definition
Grass Tetany "wheat grass disease"
Term
Electrolytes (K+, Ca+, Cl-)
Definition
Acidosis, Tibial Dyschondroplasia
Term
Sulfur
Definition
Poor fur quality
Term
Iron
Definition
Anemia, Hypochromic Microcytic Anemia
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Copper
Definition
Swayback, fur changes, diarrhea, Lameness
Term
Iodine
Definition
Hypothyroidism, Goiter
Term
Selenium
Definition
White muscle disease, stiff lamb disease
Term
Cobalt
Definition
loss of body weight, appetite, reduced growth
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Manganese
Definition
Perosis "slipped tendon"
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Zinc
Definition
Parakeratosis in pigs. Cellulitis in chickens. Skin lesions, lethal acrodermatitis lesions (dogs)
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