Macro-Nutrients
What macro-nutrient is known as the primary energy source of the body?
Carbohydrates
What Vitamin is associated with the production of clotting factors?
Vitamin K
What minerals are used in teeth/milk/ or bone formation?
Ca and P
A deficiency in what protein causes muscle wasting, dull coat, anorexia, and an increased susceptibility to disease in Cats?
Taurine
What species often struggles with anemia due to a lack of iron?
Pigs (Piglets)
What macro-nutrient is essential for growth maintenance and helps with the synthesis of enzymes and hormones?
Proteins
What vitamin affects iron absorption and collagen formation?
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
What mineral is most associated with wound healing and skin health?
Zinc
Ruminal Acidosis is caused by what error in diet in relation to carbohydrates?
Grain overload
Grass tetany is caused by a deficiency in what macro mineral in cattle?
Magnesium
What macro-nutrient is known as the most efficient energy source for cellular activity?
Fats
A deficiency in what vitamin causes thiamine deficiency in cats and polioencephalomalacia (star gazing) in young ruminants?
Vitamin B complex
What Mineral deficiency in foals/weanlings/yearlings causes a lack in Vit. D, eclampsia, brittle bones, and secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism?
Ca/P
A deficiency in what mineral causes goiter formation?
Iodine
What mineral deficiency causes swayback disease in cattle and sheep?
Copper (Cu)
What macro-nutrient causes a predisposition to pyodermas, decreased reproduction function, and a delay in wound healing if deficient?
Fats
What vitamin is associated with reproductive health, immune health, and muscle metabolism? (A deficiency of this also is associated with white muscle disease)
Vitamin E/ Selenium
An excess of what mineral causes the formation of uroliths and struvite crystals?
Magnesium
What bone diseases are associated with a deficiency of Vitamin D?
Rickets (young) and Osteomalacia (old)
What species is the poster child for copper storage disease?
Bedlington Terriers
What is the most important Macro-nutrient?
Water
What vitamin deficiency in dogs and cats is associated with GI dz, pancreatitis, and liver disease? (often associated with malabsorption)
Vitamin B-12 (Cobalamin)
What mineral helps in iron metabolism?
Copper (Cu)
A deficiency in what vitamin causes retinal issues/ ocular disease in cats?
Vitamin A (understand beta carotene in cats)
What breeds of dogs suffer from zinc- responsive dermatitis?
Huskies/ Malamutes