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Solid, inorganic crystalline elements that cannot be decomposed or synthesized by the body |
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Calcium location in the body |
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Found in skeleton and teeth |
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Plays a role in nerve transmission, muscle contraction, blood clotting |
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Deficiencies result in rickets: a disease of the bony growth plate, and parturient paresis (in cows): muscle spasms (tetany) and muscle weakness (paresis) |
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Phosphorus location in the body |
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Found in bone, phospholipid bilayer, and ATP |
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Formation of bones and teeth |
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Pica: animals have a craving for unusual foods such as wood and other materials |
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Required for cellular respiration and heart function |
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Grass tetany: convulsions then death in most severe cases |
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Sodium, potassium, and chloride location |
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Sodium, potassium, and chloride functions |
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Sodium, potassium, and chloride deficiencies |
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Salt deficiency: salt poisoning or water deprivation |
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Amino acids: methionine, cystine, and cysteine; vitamins: biotin and thiamin; polysaccharides: chondroitin sulfate (found in cartilage, bone, and tendons) and heparin |
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Lipid metabolisms, carbohydrate metabolism, energy metabolism, and blood clotting |
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Would also be linked to a protein deficiency, sulfur may need to be supplemented to create dispensable proteins in ruminants |
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Hormones involved in calcium balance |
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Calcitriol and PTH (parathyroid hormone) |
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Reduces the solubility and digestibility of phosphorus, calcium, and protein and leads to various deleterious physiological cascades |
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Compounds that may bind phosphorus and reduce its absorption from the GI tract |
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Dissociate into ions in water, ions conduct electrical current, and have the greatest ability to cause fluid shifts |
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Don't dissociate in water, no charged particles created |
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Intracellular fluid: fluid found in cells |
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Extracellular fluid: fluid found outside of cells |
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Positively charged particle |
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Negatively charged particle |
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Major cations found inside the cell |
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Potassium and magnesium ions |
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Major cations found outside the cell |
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Major anions found inside the cell |
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Major anions found outside the cell |
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Hormones that help regulate sodium balance |
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Aldosterone, ADH, and ANP |
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Hormone that helps regulate potassium balance |
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Dietary cation-anion difference |
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Cobalt location and function |
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Required for B12, cofactors for enzymes involved in DNA synthesis and amino acid metabolism |
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Reduced appetite, anemia, and scaly ears |
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Iodine location and function |
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Found in the thyroid gland, used in T3/T4 formation |
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Hyperthyroidism in cats and hypothyroidism in dogs |
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Iron location and function |
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Found in red blood cells and muscle, stored as ferritin |
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Hypothalamus and pituitary gland are both in the brain, hypothalamus releases TSH, TSH triggers release of T3 and T4 |
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Collectively called thyroxine |
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