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| tissue formation and growth, egg formation, amino acids (essential and nonessential), mix plant and animalk sources, supply all essential amino acids and nitrogen to produce more amino acids and protein |
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| sugars, starches and ceullulose, birds can only process starch, sucrose, and simplesugars; cannot process lactose. Excess can lead to obesity |
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| insulation and protection from injury, maintain skin and absorb fat-soluble vitamins |
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| large amts needed, can be found in food or plain, hydrolyses fat |
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| not synthesized in body, can be synthesized by bateria; coenzymes and regulators |
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| growth, vision and skin/mucous memebranes |
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| D2 found in plants, D3 - sunlght changes into usable vitamin D |
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| developemnt of skeletal muscles and nerve cells, properly thaw fish (leach vit E out, supplement) |
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| Riboflavin, Thiamin, B6, B12, Nicotinic Acid, Pantothenic acid, Biotin, Choline, Folic acid; groth, metabolism, neurons, feathers |
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| Calcium, Phosphorous, Magnesium |
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| bone, muscle and eggshell, nerve conductiocn and muscle contraction, fat and carb metabolism, cuttlebones and oyster shell |
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| sodium, potassium and chlorine |
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| heart and muscle onctraction and relaxation, O2 and CO2 exchange |
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| iron, copper, sulfur, manganese, iodine, sinc, moybdenum; too much iron can lead to liver disease - NO DOG FOOD! |
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| obseity, angel wing, straddle leg |
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| overgrowth of beak and nails, gout, development problems |
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| iron storage disease, avoid citrus in birds prone to it |
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| lack of fat, muscle atrophy |
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| poor feathers, stunted growrg, hatchling mortality, infertility, stress bars |
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| lack of thiamin and vit E |
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| white muscle disease - fatal in 2-3 days; neurological issues, deformities |
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| MBD, weak and deformed bones |
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