Antioxidants Se, Vit E, Vit C Flashcards
General Vit C Deficiency
Scurvy = Formation of liver spots on skin, spongy gums, and bleeding from all mucous membranes
Vit C Deficiency Guinea Pigs
Joints become enlarged and painful (Collagen synthesis in cartilage and bone)
Internal hemorrhages
Weak and Lame
Vit E Deficiency
Testes and Cerebrum first depeleted –> Reproductive failure and neurological dysfunction
Acute Se Toxicity
Hepatic and Renal damage, hemorrhagic exudate in lungs, ascites, blindness?, stumbling
___ supplements in horses
Guinea Pig and Monkey Chow Shelf Life
Less than 3 months
Chronic Se Toxicity
Princess plume and Woody aster
Blind Staggers
Alkali disease = lameness and emaciation
Loss of hair and hoof malformations = die due to impaired mobility
Se Deficiency Poultry
Many mimic Vit. E deficiency (and vice-versa)
Poultry:
- Exudative diathesis = Generalized edema over ventral areas of the body from abnormal permeability of the capillaries
- Pancreatic fibrosis = Atrophy of the pancreas in young chicks
Se Deficiency Lambs, Calves, Foals
Lambs, Calves, Foals:
1. White Muscle Disease = Muscular dystrophy causing necrotic changes (white striations) in striated muscle of the body
Se Deficiency Dairy Cow
Dairy Cow:
1. Retained Placenta and maybe mastitis
Animals that Need Dietary Vit C
Primates, Guinea pigs, bats, Passerine birds, Fish
Steatosis (Steatitis) – Vit E Deficiency
Yellow Fat disease – Cats, minks, ferrets
- -Inflammation going on in the adipose
- -Overabundance of unsaturated FAs and deficiency of ___ or other antioxidants
- -Fish or fish byproducts in diet
Se Deficiency Swine
Swine:
- Hepatosis diaetetica (!___! or ___) = severe necrotic liver lesions in growing pigs
- Mulberry Heart Disease (___or !___!) = Hemorrhagic and necrotic lesions in heart muscle
