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12 Cards in this Set
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What are the 2 types of vitamins?
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*Fat soluble
*Water soluble |
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List all of the fat soluble vits
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*Vit A
*Vit D *Vit E *Vit k |
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Vit A
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*Green forage
*from Caretonoid *Produces Beta carotene which turns into retinol *Lack : Eye probs,anorexia,infertility, lameness |
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Vit D
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*Sunlight
*Poorly metabolised *Needed for Ca:P balance *Lack: Lowers serum Ca:P and bone calcification |
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Vit E
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*Works with selinium as anti oxidant
*Tames free radicals *Toxic in excess *Pale skeletal muscle + lowers phagocytes |
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Vit K
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*2 forms-readily stored
-Produced by microbes *Clotting *Extents prothrombin time |
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List of water soluble vitamins
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*Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)
*Vitamin B |
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Vit C
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*Better fed as ascorbic acid as poorly absorbed
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Vit B
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*Made in hind gut
*Horses fed concentrates need extra as feed comprimises fermentation process *Used for energy and nervous system |
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List some B vits
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-B1 Thiamine
-B2 Riboflavin -B6 Pyidoxine -Niacin -Biotin -Folic Acid -B12 Cobalmin |
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Fat soluble vitamins
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*Absorbed in intestines
*Stored in adipocytes *Too much=toxicity |
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Water soluble vitamins
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*Cant be stored
*Synthesised by body and microbes in large intestine |
