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Trace Minerals Flashcards

1
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What are the trace minerals?

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  1. Iron
  2. Copper
  3. Zinc
  4. Selenium
  5. Cobalt
  6. Molybdenum
  7. Iodine
  8. Manganese
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What is the major function of iron in the body?

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Haemoglobin production

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How is iron stored in the body?

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  1. Ferritin - spleen, liver, kidney and bone marrow

2. Haemosiderin

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Where do animals get iron from?

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Diet - green leafy material, especially leguminous plants.

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Is milk a good or bad source of iron?

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BAD

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What causes iron deficiency?

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  1. Insufficient iron intake
  2. Poor dietary intake - rare
  3. Decreased absorption, e.g. chronic blood loss - parasites
  4. Decreased iron transport - e.g. decreased Cu or protein levels
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How does iron deficiency present?

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Microcytic hypochromic anaemia

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Is iron deficiency common in lambs and calves? Why?

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No, as management practices rarely allows them to be raised on an unsupplemented milk diet

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How is iron deficiency diagnosed?

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  1. Microcytic hypochromic anaemia

2. Decreased serum iron concentration - <110-150ug/dl

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How do we treat iron deficiency?

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Give oral ferrous sulphate or parenteral iron dextran

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What causes iron toxicity?

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Prolonged oral administration of iron

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Is iron toxicity common in farm animals?

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No

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How does iron toxicity affect the body?

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By generating excess oxygen-based free radicals, contributing to oxidative stress in cells -> lipid peroxidation

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What are the clinical signs of iron toxicity?

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  • Trembling and convulsions
  • Vocalisation
  • Bruxism
  • GIT disturbances and colic
  • Reduced growth
  • Concurrent potassium deficiency
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What is the function of copper?

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  • Haemoglobin function
  • Oxygen metabolism
  • Protein formation
  • Metalloenzymes
  • Growth and metabolism
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Where is copper stored?

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In the liver

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17
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Are copper levels high in milk?

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No!

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18
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What causes copper deficiency?

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  1. Copper deficient soils

2. Molybdenum toxicity

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How does copper deficiency affect the body?

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Microcytic, hypochromic anaemia

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What are the clinical signs of copper deficiency?

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  • Anaemia
  • Poor growth
  • Bone disorders
  • Scouring and GIT disorders
  • Depigmentation of hair and wool
  • Brain stem and spinal cord disorders
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What is enzootic ataxia or swayback?

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A disorder seen in lambs due to copper deficiency causing lesions on the brain stem and spinal cod, causing muscular incoordination

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How is copper deficiency diagnosed?

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Low serum copper - <0.7ug/ml

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23
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What causes copper toxicity?

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  1. Over ingestion of copper containing products

2. Ingestion of plants causing copper retention, e.g. sub-terraneal clover

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What animals are most likely to be affected by copper toxicity?

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Sheep - used in anthelmintic drenches

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How does copper toxicity affect the body?

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Accumulates over a chronic period, causing necrosis of the liver cells and acute intravascular haemolysis

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26
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How much copper needs to be ingested daily for chronic toxicity?

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3.5mg/kg

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What are the clinical signs of copper toxicity?

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  • Severe gastroenteritis
  • Abdominal pain
  • Inappetence and anorexia
  • Diarrhoea and dehydration
  • Shock
  • Anaemia
  • Dark brown urine
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28
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What congenital lesions are seen in copper toxic ewes?

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  • Absence of limbs

- Brachygnathia

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How do we diagnose copper toxicity?

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  1. Elevated copper levels in the liver
  2. Elevated liver enzymes - AST, LDH, ALT
  3. Anaemia
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How do we treat copper toxicity?

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  1. Ammonium molydenate - 50-500mg (reduces absorption and increased excretion)
  2. Sodium sulphate - 0.3-1g
  3. 20% lysine
  4. Symptomatic
  5. Zinc - increases excretion
  6. Vitamin C - reduced oxidative chages
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31
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What is the function of zinc?

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  1. Enzyme systems
  2. Cell replication and differentiation
  3. Production, secretion and storage of many hormones
  4. Immunity
  5. Electrolyte balance
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32
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What is the dietary recommendation of zinc?

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23-63mg/kg DM

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33
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Where is zinc found?

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Cereals and grains (concentrates)

34
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What are the clinical signs of zinc deficiency?

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  • Inflammation of the nose and mouth
  • Stiffness of joints
  • Swollen feet
  • Parakeratosis
  • Reduced reproductive capacity
35
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How do we diagnose zinc deficiency?

A

Serum zinc levels - <0.4ug/ml

36
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How do we treat zinc deficiency?

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2-5g of zinc sulphate to cattle

40mg of zinc sulphate to sheep

37
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Is zinc toxicity common?

A

No - massive tolerance

38
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What does zinc toxicity do?

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Vascular and hepatic necrosis

39
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What disease is caused by selenium deficiency?

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White Muscle Disease

40
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What is the function of selenium?

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  1. Component of glutathione peroxidase
  2. Antioxidase
  3. Production of thyroid hormones
41
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What causes selenium toxicity?

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  1. Selenium-filled plants

2. Selenium injections (for white muscle disease)

42
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How does selenium toxicity affect the body?

A

Acts in the opposite manner to the desired effect by inhibiting cellular function - replaces methionine & cystein

43
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What cells are most susceptible to selenium toxicity?

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Keratinocytes - destruction of forelimbs and claws

44
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What is the preventative dose of selenium?

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0.1-0.2mg/kg

45
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What is the therapeutic dose of selenium?

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0.3-0.4mg/kg

46
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What is the lethal dose of selenium?

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0.9mg/kg

47
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What are the clinical signs of acute selenium toxicity?

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Sudden death

  • Severe GIT upset
  • Ataxia
  • Heart weakness
  • Dyspnoea
  • Frothing from nose and mouth
  • MOF
48
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What is blind staggers?

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Sub-acute selenium toxicity

49
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What are the clinical signs of blind staggers?

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  • Blindness
  • Separation from herd
  • Bumping into objects
  • Forelimb weakness
  • Laryngeal and tongue paralysis
  • Respiratory failure
  • Death
50
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What is alkali disease?

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Chronic selenium toxicity

51
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What are the clinical signs of alkali disease?

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  • Destruction of the claws and hairs
  • Lameness
  • Laminitis
  • Congenital malformations
52
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How do we treat selenium toxicity?

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No specific treatment

  • Eliminate source
  • High dietary protein, copper and arsenic salts
53
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What are the functions of cobalt?

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  1. Formation of haemoglobin
  2. Works with vitamin B12
  3. Enzyme production (thyroid)
  4. Wool growth
54
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Which animals are more commonly affected by cobalt deficiency?

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Sheep - due to use in wool

55
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What clinical signs are seen in cobalt deficiency?

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  • Anorexia
  • Poor growth and poor coat
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Muscle weakness
  • Macrocytic normochronic anaemia
  • Hepatic encephalopathy
56
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Why does cobalt deficiency cause hepatic encephalopathy?

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Causes the accumulation of methymalonic acid in the liver, which is converted to branched fatty acids, resulting in fatty liver degeneration

57
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How is cobalt deficiency treated?

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IM vitamin B12 for several weeks

58
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What causes cobalt toxicity?

A

Cobalt overdose

59
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What are the clinical signs of cobalt toxicity?

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  • Anorexia
  • Diarrhoea
  • Poor growth
  • Dull dry skin and hair
  • PU/PD
  • Recumbency, ataxia, seizures
  • Sudden death
60
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How to treat cobalt toxicity?

A

Methionine PO

61
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What is the function of molybdenum?

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  1. Enzymatic processes
  2. Sulphate and copper metabolism
  3. DNA production
62
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What happens during molybdenum deficiency?

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  1. Breakdown of amino acid, toxins and drug metabolism
  2. Sulphate and copper toxicity
  3. DNA mutation
63
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What are the clinical signs of molybdenum deficiency?

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Severe liver dysfunction - icterus and hepatic encephalopathy

64
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How do we treat molybdenum deficiency?

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Molybdenum supplementation

65
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What can cause molybdenum toxicity?

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  1. Over-supplementation
  2. High legume diet
  3. Low sulphate or copper diet
66
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What are the clinical signs of molybdenum toxicity in cattle?

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  • Poor growth
  • Poor hair coat
  • Hypopigmentation around eyes
  • Unthriftiness
  • Anaemia
  • Emaciation
  • Lameness
  • Poor fertility
  • Severe foamy diarrhoea
67
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What are the clinical signs of molybdenum toxicity in sheep?

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Enzootic ataxia

68
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How do we treat molybdenum toxicity?

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1% copper sulphate

69
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What are the functions of iodine?

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  1. Thyroid hormones - produces thyroxine
  2. Foetal development
  3. Immune response
70
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What is the major sign of iodine deficiency?

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Goitre - enlarged thyroid gland

71
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What can cause iodine deficiency?

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  1. Low soil content

2. Cabbage, legumes or thiouracil consumption - giotrogenic

72
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What are the clinical signs of iodine deficiency in calves?

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  • Stillborn
  • Die soon after birth
  • Goitre
  • Weakness
  • Blindness
  • Poor coat
  • Retarded growth
  • Apathy
  • Alopecia
73
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What are the clinical signs of iodine deficiency in adults?

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  • Retained placenta
  • Stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion
  • Infertility
  • Irregular oestrous
  • Decreased milk yield
74
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How do we diagnose iodine deficiency?

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T4 levels <20nmol/l in serum

75
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How do we treat iodine deficiency?

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Potassium iodine PO (intaruminal bolus - slow release)

76
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How does iodine toxicity affect the body?

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Suppresses thyroid activity

77
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What are the functions of manganese?

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  1. Reproduction
  2. Bone formation
  3. Choline metabolism
78
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What causes manganese deficiency?

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High calcium or phosphorous levels - suppress the ability to absorb manganese

79
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What are the clinical signs of manganese deficiency?

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  1. Impaired reproduction
  2. Skeletal deformations - rickets and contracted tendons
  3. Fat cow syndrome
80
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How does manganese toxicity affect the body?

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Interferes with the synthesis of ascorbic acid and absorption of dietary iron - iron deficiency anaemia

81
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What are the clinical signs of manganese toxicity?

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  1. Neurological

2. GIT

82
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How do we treat manganese toxicity?

A

Dimercaprol chelation

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