Deficiency Symptoms (Minerals) Flashcards
1
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rickets, osteomalacia, thin eggshells, milk fever.
A
calcium
2
Q
rickets, osteomalacia, depraved appetite, poor fertility.
A
phosphorus
3
Q
retarded growth, weakness
A
potassium
4
Q
dehydration, poor growth, poor egg production
A
sodium
5
Q
alkalosis
A
chlorine
6
Q
equivalent to protein deficiency (urea supplemented diets)
A
sulphur
7
Q
nervous irritability and convulsions, and hypomagnesemia
A
magnesium
8
Q
anaemia
A
iron
9
Q
anaemia, poor growth, depigmentation of hair and wool, swayback
A
copper
10
Q
pining (emaciation, anaemia, listlessness)
A
cobalt
11
Q
goitre; hairless, weak or dead young
A
iodine
12
Q
retarded growth, skeletal abnormality, ataxia
A
manganese
13
Q
parakeratosis, poor growth, depressive appetite
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zinc
14
Q
myopathy, exudative diathesis
A
selenium