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Exotic Animal Formulary5

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deficiency

55-70 mg/kg of feed 89 Poultry/niacin

deficiency

Pantothenic acid 12 mg/kg of feed 89 Poultry/pantothenic

acid deficiency

2 mg (calcium

Poultry/pantothenic

pantothenate)+0.5 mg acid deficiency

riboflavin in 50 gal

(190 L) water×2-

3 day 89

Riboflavin 10 mg/kg of feed 89 Poultry/riboflavin

deficiency

Thiamine 4 mg/kg of feed 89

Vitamin B 12

Up to 20 mcg/g of feed×1-

2 wk

Poultry/vitamin B 12

deficiency

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 150 mg/kg PO q24h 65 Willow ptarmigan

chicks/PD;

supplemental daily

requirements over

265-mg/kg diet

Vitamin D3

Vitamin E/γ-linolenic acid (2%), linoleic

acid (71%) (Derm Caps, DVM

Pharmaceuticals)

11-30 min of direct

sunlight/day 69

4000 mg linolenic acid/kg

feed 120

Chickens/sufficient for

endogenous

synthesis of vitamin

D

Japanese quail/PD;

reduces essential

fatty acid deficient

hepatic lipidosis

Vitamin K 1 (phytonadione) 0.1 mg/kg feed 77 Turkeys/PD; as effective

as 1-2 mg/kg in

reducing plasma

prothrombin time

Vitamin K 1 (menadione) 1-4 mg/ton of feed 89 Poultry/for vitamin K

deficiency, double

the dose

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