Vitamin and water requirements of dairy sheep
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">The authors review the physiological role and the daily requirement of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K), vitamin C<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style=&...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/316 |
| Summary: | <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">The authors review the physiological role and the daily requirement of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K), vitamin C<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">and water in dairy sheep. Regarding the vitamins, classical clinical symptoms and/or non-specific parameters, such as<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">lowered production and reproduction rates are associated with their deficiencies or excesses. Until the last decade,<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">these compounds were considered important only for the prevention of such alterations; currently, there is more<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">emphasis on their function as the vitamins can play a key role in optimising animal health. In this respect, of particu-<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">lar interest is the action of the antioxidant vitamins (especially vitamin C, vitamin E and beta-carotene) in improving<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">the efficiency of the immune system.<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div> |
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| ISSN: | 1594-4077 1828-051X |