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ANS 311 Diseases
Vitamins/minerals and their associated diseases
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vitamin A | Xeropthalmia, dry eye, night blindness |
| Vitamin E | Nutritional muscular dystrophy (myopathy), encephalomalacia (poultry), red blood cell hemolysis (hemoglobin in urine) |
| Vitamin K | Prolonged clotting & hemorrhagic disease in poultry (carcass quality) |
| Thiamin | Chastek paralysis; change in appetite, "star gazing", growth retardation |
| Riboflavin | Curled toe paralysis in chicks; impaired repro & dead at birth in swine |
| Niacin | Black tongue (dogs), pellagra (rough skin in humans), 4 D's (dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, death) |
| Pantothenic Acid | Goose stepping, stunted growth, poor feathering |
| Biotin | Raw egg white feeding in pets; foot pad dermatitis in birds; hoof lesions & scaly dermatitis in large animals |
| Cobalamin (B12) | Pernicious anemia in humans; emaciation in livestock; most complex structure (has Co ion) |
| Calcium | Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism (zoo animals), rickets, osteomalacia, milk fever, lactational eclampsia (same as milk fever for dogs/cats), hip dysplasia, cage layer fatigue |
| Phosphorus | Rickets, osteomalacia, pica |
| Magnesium | Grass tetany/wheat grass poisoning |
| Sulfur | Sheep - reduced wool growth and birds - poor feathering |
| Iron | Hypochromic microcytic anemia; piglets (give IM injection) |
| Copper | Scouring or diarrhea; discoloration around eyes; loss of wool crimp; swayback; toxicosis in sheep from high Mo (RBC degeneration, chocolate blood, green kidneys) |
| Iodine | Hair loss, repro problems; goiters |
| Selenium | Alkali disease (hair loss, sloughing/cracking of hoof); encephalomalacia; white muscle disease (degeneration of skeletal muscle); GPX (glutathione peroxidase) |
| Manganese | Perosis (slipped tendon in chickens); crippling/lameness in cows (eating lupine that blocks it) |
| Zinc | Generic dry dog food disease; parakeratosis; lethal acrodermatitis (Huskies/Bull Terriers) |
| Molybdenum | High levels cause toxicosis in sheep |