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vitamins and minerals
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 3
11/27/2006

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Thiamin (B1)
Definition
beriberi in humans
Term
Riboflavin (B2)
Definition
"curled toe paralysis in chicks, cheilosis in humans, stillbirths in sows"
Term
Niacin
Definition
"pellagra, diarrhea, dimentia, dermatitis"
Term
Pantothenic acid
Definition
goose-stepping in pigs
Term
B12
Definition
pernicious anemia in humans
Term
Folic acid
Definition
neural-tube disorders in newborns
Term
Biotin
Definition
"dermatitis, cracked hooves"
Term
Choline
Definition
fatty liver
Term
Vitamin C
Definition
scurvy in humans
Term
Vitamin A
Definition
"night blindness, blindness, xeropthalmia, decreased reproductive performance"
Term
Vitamin D
Definition
"osteomalacia, rickets"
Term
Vitamin E
Definition
"white muscle disease, stiff lamb disease"
Term
Vitamin K
Definition
spontaneous bleeding
Term
Manganese
Definition
"reduced growth, defective bone formation, CNS disorders, decreased lipid metabolism, decreased milk/egg production, perosis (slipped tendon poultry)"
Term
Iodine
Definition
"reduced growth, decrease in thyroid hormone synthesis, goiter, increased abortions/stillbirths, mental retardation of infants, cretinism"
Term
Selenium
Definition
"white muscle disease, stiff lamb disease, exudative diathesis in chicks, liver necrosis and cardiac myopathy in pigs"
Term
Cobalt
Definition
"depresed B12 synthesis, normocytic normochronic anemia, amaciation, fatty liver, hemosiderosis of spleen, listlessness"
Term
Copper
Definition
"reduced growth, anemia, bone disorders, lack of pigmentation in hair, wool, feathers, demyelination of nerve cells, reproductive failures"
Term
Zinc
Definition
"reduced growth, anorexia, impaired reproduction, lesions of skin, disorders of hair and feathers, scaliness, hyperkeratinization, parakeratosis, bone abnormalities, defect in testis"
Term
Iron
Definition
"reduced growth, anemia, listlessness, fatigue"
Term
Potassium
Definition
"reduced growth, changes in heart muscle, muscular weakness, stiffness/paralysis, intracellular acidosis, repid loss in body weight"
Term
NaCl
Definition
"reduced growth, gonadal activity, adrenal impairment, decreased blood volume/pressure, shock"
Term
Magnesium
Definition
"reduced growth, anorexia, hyperemia, hyperirritability, tetany, death, weak/crooked legs in swine"
Term
Ca/P
Definition
"reduced growth, feed intake, feed efficiency, rickets, osteomalacia, spontaneous fractures, soft egg shells/cage layer fatigue (Ca), loss of body wt in cattle (p)"
Term
The vitamin or mineral that is necessary for collagen formation
Definition
Vitamin C
Term
Tocopherols are a form of
Definition
Vitamin E
Term
Most storage in the body in relation to the amount needed
Definition
Vitamin A
Term
Menadiones are a form of
Definition
Vitamin K
Term
The term "nutritional wisdom" is most accurate for
Definition
Sodium
Term
Mineral which is not stored in the body in large amounts or efficiently retained by the body
Definition
Potassium
Term
Element that is part of thyroxine
Definition
Iodine
Term
Deficiency of iron is most common in farm animals raised in/on
Definition
raised in confinement (concrete, or plastic coated floors)
Term
Functions as part of a glutathione peroxidase, an antioxidant enzyme
Definition
Selenium
Term
An excess of this element in the diet will have the greatest adverse effect on sheep
Definition
Copper
Term
Generally lowest in calcium content (legumes, grass forages, grains)
Definition
Grains
Term
Most of the calcium and phosphorus in diets is absorbed in the
Definition
small intestine
Term
Rupture of aorta in chicks can result from a deficiency of
Definition
Copper
Term
Which is best at determining the amount of energy in a feedstuff utilized by the animal (DE, ME, NE, TDN)
Definition
NE
Term
NFE estimates
Definition
soluble carbohydrates
Term
Involved in fixation of CO2 in the body
Definition
BIOTIN...Folic acid is mysteriously responsible for all other one carbon units
Term
Based on the assumption that the more digestible a nutrient is the more energy it provides
Definition
TDN
Term
This causes an increased absorption of Ca from the intestine
Definition
I-25D3
Term
Part of chondrotin sulfate; severe deficiency results in defective bone and perosis in chickens
Definition
Manganese
Term
Most common form of copper supplementation
Definition
Copper sulfate
Term
Also called B6
Definition
Pyridoxine
Term
Only the d-isomer has biological activity
Definition
Pantothenic acid
Term
Abundant in raw grains but unavailable to nonruminants
Definition
Niacin
Term
Before its discovery and purification, the term “animal protein factor” was applied to this vitamin
Definition
B12
Term
Increasing the protein intake of animals will likely increase the dietary requirement for
Definition
Pyridoxine
Term
Tryptophan can be converted to this vitamin
Definition
Niacin
Term
Most of the mineral content in the body is found in the
Definition
skeleton
Term
Compound in some forages that reduces the bioavailability of Ca
Definition
oxalate
Term
The cheapest mineral to add to farm animal diets is...
Definition
calcium
Term
Assume an animal is fed a diet with very low sodium and potassium content.

Which element would become deficient in the body first
Definition
Potassium
Term
Grass tetany would be least common in
Definition
swine
Term
Which is more closely regulated by the body, absorption of calcium or absorption of phosphorus from the intestine?
Definition
CALCIUM
Term
___ helps to maintain normal calcium content of blood by causing the release of calcium from bone
Definition
parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Term
The level of cereloplasmin in the blood is a clinical test to determine nutritional adequacy for...
Definition
copper
Term
Toxicity for _____ = blind staggers
Definition
Selenium
Term
Not usually added to commercial premixes
Definition
chromium
Term
The maximum legal addition of inorganic selenium to farm animal diets is ??? ppm.
Definition
.3
Term
Species least susceptible to copper toxicity...
Definition
pigs
Term
Species most susceptible to an iron deficiency shortly after birth
Definition
pig
Term
Avidin is a compound in raw eggs that can bind and prevent absorption of
Definition
Biotin
Term
The tocotrienols have cellular functions similar to those of
Definition
Selenium
Term
Compound that is not classified as a vitamin by human nutritionists because
it is needed in relatively large amounts each day
Definition
Choline
Term
Green forages are a good source of all vitamins except
Definition
B12
Term
Vitiamin required by humans but not farm animals
Definition
Vitamin C
Term
Which vitamin is typically added to diets of sows but not pigs?
Definition
Folic acid
Term
Deficiency of this element in chicks causes faulty connective tissue growth resulting in perosis...
Definition
Manganese
Term
The body conserves which better, Na or K?
Definition
Na
Term
Which (fat soluble) vitamin can be stored in the body in the least amounts, in relation to the requirement?
Definition
Vitamin K
Term
Which fat soluble vitamin is inhibited from functioning by dicoumerol?
Definition
Vitamin K
Term
Lactating dairy cows producing large amounts of milk are usually fed supplemental thiamine (T/F)
Definition
False
Term
Selenium TOXICITY
Definition
blind staggers, alkali disease
Term
The most common vitamin toxicity in humans is...
Definition
Vitamin A
Term
Which two elements are needed for normal hemoglobin?
Definition
Iron and copper
Term
Which two elements are dietary essential but are not added to farm animal diets?
Definition
Molybdenum and Fluorine
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