Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid. It is used to prevent and treat oxidative stress, joint wear and tear, and other related problems caused by aging and exercise.
Role of Vitamin C:As an antioxidant component, regenerates the powerful antioxidant vitamin E.
Involved in the metabolism of iron.
Symptoms of vitamin C deficiency:
The main manifestations are bleeding gums, brittle blood vessels, reduced body resistance to disease, affecting the body's absorption of iron and so on.
The dog's body can partially synthesize vitamin C, under normal circumstances, it is not easy to produce vitamin C deficiency, but the puppy growth rate is faster, easy to produce vitamin C deficiency. In addition, the sick dog's body synthesized vitamin function decreased, can also lead to vitamin C deficiency.
Symptoms of excess vitamin C:Dogs can tolerate hundreds to thousands of times the amount of vitamin C needed.
How to supplement vitamin C:Some fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamin C, but these foods are poorly palatable to dogs. Therefore, the recommended way to supplement vitamin C is to add vitamin C tablets to your dog's food.
Vitamin D:
Vitamin D is also known as osteopontin. The main physiological function is to regulate the body's calcium and phosphorus metabolism, maintain the normal concentration of calcium and phosphorus in the blood, thus promoting the calcification and normal development of teeth and bones.
Vitamin D is metabolized and activated in the kidneys and liver into a bioavailable form.
Promotes the absorption of calcium and phosphorus in the intestine and reduces the amount excreted in the urine. Increases the concentration of calcium in the blood.
Symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency:Then the body's calcium and phosphorus balance can not be maintained, which leads to bone disorders. Puppies can develop rickets, weight loss, emaciation, anemia, tail tip necrosis, convulsions and other phenomena; adult dogs can develop osteoporosis.
Symptoms of excess vitamin D:Increased blood calcium concentration due to leaching of calcium from the bones, extensive deposition of calcium in the walls of arteries, heart, renal tubules, joints, and other soft tissues; increased blood calcium concentration, growth stagnation; and sometimes death due to toxemia because of severe damage to the kidneys.
How to supplement vitamin D:
Vitamin D is more abundant in cod liver oil, animal liver, eggs, and generally plant-based feeds contain very little vitamin D.
Regular feeding is not recommended.
Vitamin D deficiency can be prevented by regular feeding of vitamin D-rich feeds. In addition, the sun's ultraviolet light irradiation of the dog's skin, can also synthesize vitamin D. Therefore, in the daily feeding process to strengthen the dog's movement, more sunshine.
Vitamin K:
The main physiological function of vitamin K is to promote blood coagulation. When a dog is deficient in vitamin K, the main manifestations are loss of appetite and weakness. Feeling allergic, anemia and prolonged blood clotting time. Canine body can synthesize vitamin K, so under normal circumstances, the dog will not occur vitamin K deficiency. When the dog lacks vitamin K, you can feed more green plants, animal liver, milk, etc.; severe cases can be fed sodium menaquinone sulfite (vitamin K3), but should be careful to prevent overdose poisoning.
Folic acid:The main physiological function of folic acid is to participate in the synthesis of hemoglobin and promote the generation of antibodies. In general, dogs are not prone to folic acid deficiency. However, when oral administration of sulfonamides, because of its inhibition of the growth of bacteria that synthesize folic acid, may lead to folic acid deficiency. The main manifestations of folic acid deficiency in dogs are edema, macrocytic anemia, anorexia, and slow growth. To prevent and control folic acid deficiency, you can give vitamin B complex or yeast preparations, while feeding more green leafy plants, cereals, yeast and so on.
Knowledge reminder: Biotin is a coenzyme in the dog's body, involved in the metabolism of nutrients. Dogs lack of biotin manifested as skin inflammation, hair loss and nerve sensitivity, and in severe cases can cause hind limb paralysis. Biotin is widely available in a variety of feed, the dog lack of biotin can be fed more cereals, fish, milk, yeast, etc., but also feed the complex vitamin B. The dog's tolerance of biotin is higher, and generally does not occur poisoning.