vitamins
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- Created on: 22-02-20 14:37
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- Vitamins
- A - Retinol
- Fat Soluble
- Found in - Skin of orange, yellow fruits/veg. Liver, eggs & cereal grains
- Normal Vision, healthy coat, skin MM & teeth
- Excess - common in cats fed high liver diets - liver damage, painful bone cond.
- Deficiencies - Uncommon
- Excess - common in cats fed high liver diets - liver damage, painful bone cond.
- Normal Vision, healthy coat, skin MM & teeth
- Found in - Skin of orange, yellow fruits/veg. Liver, eggs & cereal grains
- Fat Soluble
- D
- Fat Soluble
- Found in fish/oils,cereal grain germ & liver
- Involved in calcium homeostasis
- Can be synthesised by skin from exposure to sunlight
- Excess - hypercalcemia soft dissue calcifaction & death
- Deficiencies - rare. Rickets in the young.
- Excess - hypercalcemia soft dissue calcifaction & death
- Can be synthesised by skin from exposure to sunlight
- Involved in calcium homeostasis
- Found in fish/oils,cereal grain germ & liver
- Fat Soluble
- E
- Fat Soluble
- Synthesised by plants & natural sources. Veg oils, seeds, grains & meat
- Protect cell wall acting with selenium
- Excess - Unlikely
- Deficiencies - Cats -pansteatitis - yellow coat disease. Dogs - skeletal muscle dystrophy, reproduc. fail, impaired immune response
- Excess - Unlikely
- Protect cell wall acting with selenium
- Synthesised by plants & natural sources. Veg oils, seeds, grains & meat
- Fat Soluble
- K
- Fat Soluble
- Leafy greens - min required in diet
- Excess - low toxicity - could produce anaemia
- Deficiencies - Unlikely as synthesised by gut bacteria
- Excess - low toxicity - could produce anaemia
- Leafy greens - min required in diet
- Fat Soluble
- B complex
- Water Soluble
- Includes - riboflavin, folic acid, biotin etc
- Excess - Considered non toxic
- Deficiencies - pet food contains plenty so unlikely
- Excess - Considered non toxic
- Includes - riboflavin, folic acid, biotin etc
- Water Soluble
- C - Ascorbic acid
- Water Soluble
- Dogs/cats can synthesis this from glucose.
- Guinea pigs and fish cannot
- Function - ~Intracellular reactions & protein synthesis
- Excess - unlikely
- Deficiency - Scurvy - uncommon
- May be beneficial to add in diet to cases of stress & high activity levels. Research shows useful prevention of some cancers
- Excess - unlikely
- can be supplemented especially to those that are pregnant, ill or stressed. 1g per ltre of drinking water daily fresh
- Function - ~Intracellular reactions & protein synthesis
- most birds can synthesis vit C
- Guinea pigs and fish cannot
- Dogs/cats can synthesis this from glucose.
- Water Soluble
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