Exam 4 Flashcards
Polyneuritis
- ANIMAL B1 deficiency
- chicks have a retraction of the head “stargazing”
- rats walk in circles
Pyridoxine B6
- coenzyme of a wide range of enzymes involved in metabolism
- RBC formation
Rickets or osteomalcia
- Vitamin D deficiency
- decreased calcium and phosphorous in bone matrix (weak bones)
- inhibition of growth
- anorexia and weight loss
- cartilage maturation fails
Vitamin C Functions
- involved directly with a number of enzymes catalyzing oxidation and reduction reactions
- required to maintain normal tyrosine oxidation and for normal collagen metabolism
- required as cosubstrate in certain mixed function oxidations such as dopamine to norepinephrine
- required along with ATP for incorporation of plasma Fe into ferritin
Phosphate sources
- bone meal
- grains
- dairy products
- pelleted phosphorite
General vitamin functions
1) Nurture/ Support
- allows for proper metabolism
- growth, reproduction and maintenance
2) prevent deficiency diseases
3) help enzymes release energy from carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
Storage transport and elimination of Vitamin A
- white fat and yellow fat
Transport: chylomicron to liver to tissues eliminated via bile
Storage: 90% in the liver
White fat= does not absorb carotenes (no color)
- dogs, pig, goat, sheep, rabbit
Yellow fat= absorbs carotenes (color)
- human, cattle, horses
Vitamin A functions
1) reproduction
2) bone growth
3) vision
4) epithelial differentiation and maintenance
In what form are proteins absorbed?
- as amino acids using active transport
- specifically di and tripeptides account for most of amino acids absorbed
- co transport with H+
What do you treat pernicious anemia with ?
- B12 cyanocobalamin and folic acid B9
- both responsible for this if deficiency occurs
Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin Deficiency
- problem for monogastrics on strict diets of plant origin
Chicks= poor feathering, kidney damage, impaired thyroid, eggs wont hatch
Pigs= rough hair coat, uncoordinated movement, anemia, enlarged liver and thyroid
Humans= pernicious anemia (abnormally large RBC) or neurological disease over extended time
Beriberi
- HUMAN thiamine B1 deficiency
- enlargement of heart
- numbness of extremities
- unsteady gait
Vitamin C Deficiency
- SCURVY in humans (not in farm animals)
- MICROCYTIC ANEMIA
- edema
- loss of appetite
- structural defects of bone, connective tissue
- loose teeth, gum problems
- diarrhea
Vitamin A toxicity
- bone effects
- alopecia
- eczema
- anorexia/weight loss
- blurred vision
- hepatotoxity
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- mad cow disease
- a fatal, subacute and degenerative disease characterized by a sponge like appearance of the brain
How do ruminants meet water soluble vitamin requirements?
- almost entirely from microbial synthesis in the rumen and lower GI tract
Calcium storage and elimination
Storage: 99% in bones can store from months to years
Elimination: primarily fecal or urinary
Vitamin D3 (cholecaliciferol)
- derived from 7-dehydrocholesterol
- UV light converts 7-dehydrocholesterol to this
- precursor to formation of calcitrol (steroid hormone)
- exclusively produced in animal products (animal sterol)
Fat soluble vitamins
1) VITAMIN A
2) Vitamin E
3) VITAMIN D
4) Vitamin K
Water soluble vitamin digestion and absorption
- goes away from the small intestine straight into the blood stream
- not stored, kidney filters into excess urine
Prions
- proteinaceous infectious particles aka transmissible agents that are unique
- have no DNA or RNA, so they are unlike viruses or bacteria
*** if they attach to your cell your proteins will be misfolded
Water soluble vitamins
1) VITAMIN C
2) B complex vitamins
- a problem with these means subpar energy, they are involved in energy metabolism!
ENERGY
- THIAMIN (B1)
- Riboflavin (B2)
- Niacin (B3)
- Pantothenic Acid (B5)
- Pyridoxine (B6)
- choline
RBC - FOLACIN, OR FOLIC ACID (B9)
- CYANOCOBALAMIN (B12)
What 3 B vitamins partake in methylation/are methyl transfer agents?
1) B12 cycanocobalamin
2) choline
3) B9 Folacin