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Manganese Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Manganese metabolism disorders in dogs and cats are usually deficiency, causing bone deformity, joint swelling, lameness, and reproductive disturbance, with rare toxicity causing reduced fertility and local albinism. They are corrected by balancing dietary manganese.
Iron Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Iron metabolism disorders in dogs and cats include iron deficiency, microcytic hypochromic anemia with weakness and poor endurance, and iron overload from excess intake or poisoning, causing gut signs and acidosis. Deficiency is corrected with dietary iron and treatment of blood loss or parasites.
Copper Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Copper metabolism disorders in dogs and cats include copper toxicity, acute shock or chronic liver disease with anemia and ascites, and copper deficiency, causing anemia, bone and joint disease, and faded coat color. They are managed by correcting dietary copper and treating liver disease.
Osteomalacia in Dogs and Cats
Osteomalacia in adult dogs and cats is bone softening from calcium or vitamin D imbalance, causing stiffness, lameness, joint swelling, and easy fractures. It is managed by correcting calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D and treating underlying gut or parasite disease.
Niacin (Vitamin B3) Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Niacin (vitamin B3) deficiency in dogs and cats causes pellagra-like signs, oral and esophageal ulcers, black tongue in dogs, diarrhea, anemia, and symmetric dermatitis. It follows corn-heavy diets low in tryptophan, and is corrected with dietary niacin.
Folate (Folic Acid) Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Folate deficiency in dogs and cats impairs nucleic acid synthesis, causing megaloblastic anemia, poor appetite, diarrhea, and skin or mouth inflammation. It arises from low-protein or overcooked diets, gut disease, or high demand in pregnancy, and is corrected with folate and good nutrition.
Biotin (Vitamin H) Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Biotin (vitamin H) deficiency in dogs and cats causes scaly dermatitis, hair loss, poor growth, and later weakness, diarrhea, and hind-limb paralysis. It is usually due to raw-egg white (avidin) or gut flora imbalance, and is corrected with dietary biotin.
Vitamin E Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Vitamin E deficiency in dogs and cats, often with selenium lack, causes skeletal muscle degeneration, reproductive failure, and in cats cerebellar ataxia, plus a fat-tissue inflammation known as yellow fat disease. It is corrected with dietary vitamin E and treatment of any gut disease.
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Vitamin C deficiency in dogs and cats weakens connective tissue and capillary walls, causing easy bleeding, gum disease, slow wound healing, and in growing animals painful swollen limb ends and lameness (scurvy). It is corrected by adding vitamin C-rich foods and treating any underlying illness.
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency in dogs and cats impairs hemoglobin synthesis and nerve function, causing microcytic hypochromic anemia, poor appetite, skin inflammation, and seizures or ataxia. It is corrected with pyridoxine and a balanced diet.