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Vitamins for dogs: They are everywhere and as useful as humans. They can't see each other. We just talk about them and don't always know.
We have learned from the articles and books, which clearly introduce the ingredients, uses and requirements of vitamins to you.
Dog vitamins: What are they for?
Vitamin is a kind of micronutrient. The amount required by dogs is very small, far less than the "big nutrients" such as protein, fat and carbohydrate in food.
However, although vitamins have no energy value and cannot provide calories, they play an important role in many people's basic functions.
Biochemical process
To put it simply, vitamins are necessary for the normal work of dog body cells. Therefore, vitamins are essential for important communication.
Vitamin grading for dogs (and humans)
Vitamins are generally divided into two categories:
Water soluble (water-soluble) vitamins, including vitamins C and group B vitamins (B1, B2, B3 or PP, B5, B6, B8, B9, B12 and choline),
Fat soluble vitamins (soluble in fat and stored in adipose tissue), including vitamins A, D, E and K.
It is worth noting that vitamins first exist in nature in their natural form. Mainly plants. But scientists sometimes "copy" their own vitamins, which we call "synthetic" vitamins. The whole program Natural vitamins from A to K: How to find it?
Vitamin A or Carotenoids
All forms of vitamin A are carotenoids synthesized by plant cells.
Vitamin A (retinol) is a fat soluble vitamin. This means it can be stored in the liver.
β - carotene is the most common in plant derived foods and has the highest biological activity among all carotenoids.
Dogs need 75-100 IU of vitamin A per kilogram of body weight per day to maintain metabolism. For an adult dog weighing 30 kg, this produces about 2250-3000 IU of vitamin A.
Puppies, old dogs, sick dogs, carriers or lactating dogs should take 250 IU/kg body weight per day, or 30 kg dogs should take 7500 IU vitamin A per day.
Vitamin A and carotenoids are very sensitive to light, oxygen and acid, which means they will lose their biological activity soon.
Vitamin B (or compound B): different needs of dogs
The vitamin in complex B is a water-soluble vitamin. Because they all have similar metabolic functions and exist in food, they are combined together.
They have little or no storage in the body, so they must be regularly supplemented with food or dietary supplements.
Compound B contains the following vitamins:
Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
Vitamin B3 (niacin, niacin, niacinamide, niacinamide)
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid, pantothenic acid, calcium pantothenate)
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
Vitamin B12 (Cobalt amine)
Vitamin B13 (lactic acid)
Vitamin B15 (Pantene Glyceride, Dimethylglycerol, DMG)
Vitamin B17 (amygdalin, letriel)
choline
Folic acid (folic acid, folic acid)
Biotin (coenzyme R or vitamin H)
inositol
PABS
The combination of vitamins in group B is more effective than the single use.
Dogs have different needs for vitamin B.
Vitamin C or ascorbic acid
Vitamin C or "ascorbic acid" is a water-soluble vitamin produced by most organisms themselves. However, there are some exceptions: humans, monkeys, Indian pigs, trout, fruit bats, Koho salmon and certain birds.
Dogs also synthesize vitamin C in the liver from glucose, but it is less than other animals.
According to recent research, nutritionists now recommend adding ascorbic acid to dogs in some cases. In general, vitamin C supplementation may contribute to infection, postoperative, extreme stress, lactation, high athletic performance (training dogs), and growth disorders.
Vitamin D (or calciferol) is the precursor of hormone
Vitamin D, D2 (ergocalciferol) and D3 (cholecalciferol) are actually precursors of hormones (required for human "upstream"), which are involved in regulating calcium and phosphate metabolism in dogs, so they are important for bone growth and maintenance.
Provitamin D2 seems to be synthesized by plants when plant tissues are damaged, so it is only useful for herbivores.
When 7-dehydrocholesterol, a compound in animal skin, is exposed to ultraviolet light of the skin, omnivores and carnivores will produce vitamin D3. It is unclear whether this skin change also occurs in dogs.
The demand for vitamin D largely depends on the concentration of calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) in the diet and the proportion of these two minerals.
Developmental status (growth, age) also plays an important role. At a calcium phosphorus ratio of 1.2, 1, 8 to 10 IU/kg body weight/day is sufficient for adult dogs. Puppies weigh up to 22 IU/kg per day.
Vitamin E (8 tocopherol groups)
Tocopherol is a group of fat soluble (and therefore storable) vitamins, classified as vitamin E, which mainly acts as an antioxidant. They include 8 kinds of tocopherol: α, β, γ, δ, ε, ε, θ.
Tocopherol is produced only by plants, but it is a fat soluble vitamin in all cell membranes. Therefore, they are also present in animal fat (in the second stage, in the cell membranes of animals that eat plants containing tocopherol).
Vitamin E is mainly stored in the liver, but also in adipose tissue, heart, muscle, testis, uterus, blood and adrenal gland.
Tocopherol is a protective system against aggressive (free radical) compounds. Vitamin E is stored in the cell membrane as an antioxidant to protect polyunsaturated fatty acids from free radicals.
There are also synthetic (synthetic) tocopherols. In order to distinguish from natural tocopherol, they are named "DL", while natural tocopherol only has "D". For example, D - α tocopherol is a natural vitamin and DL - α tocopherol is a corresponding synthetic vitamin.
Demand is based on different living conditions, mainly depending on the content of unsaturated fatty acids in food.
In general, the requirement for maintaining metabolism is 0.67 IU/kg body weight (synthetic tocopherol is slightly higher - 1 IU/kg km), and the requirement during growth and pregnancy is twice 0.67 IU/kg body weight. Males, often used for breeding, also have higher demands.
Take fish oil regularly, especially fish oil rich in vitamin A, such as cod liver oil. The intake of vitamin E should be increased to 10 IU/g fish oil. Vitamin E can indeed prevent the oxidation of vitamin A and sulfur amino acids, and has an important interaction with trace element selenium.
Vitamin K in sick dogs
Vitamin K1 and K2 are fat soluble vitamins and have many important functions in the body.
Vitamin K regulates blood coagulation mainly through the production of orthosine. Vitamin K also plays an important role in regulating calcium metabolism.
K1 is absorbed by food and K2 is synthesized by bacteria in the intestine. The main parts are liver, muscle and skin. Vitamin K is mainly found in green leafy vegetables such as spinach, various cabbages, medicinal plants and algae. Animal sources are liver, egg yolk and fish meal. Most meats contain a small amount of K1.
There is no need to supplement enough green leafy vegetables. After antibiotic treatment, surgery, serious disease, heart disease or bone disease, vitamin K1 is recommended. Dosage: 0.5-1 drop/kg Km.
What natural vitamins do?
In addition to vitamins C and K, dogs cannot synthesize (manufacture) vitamins and must therefore be provided through food or as a food supplement. The following is a summary of the different functions of vitamins. Therefore, the dog's diet requires:
Vitamin A is used for night vision, growth, tissue maintenance and renewal
Vitamins B1, B2, B3 or PP, B5, B8, B9 and B12 can interfere with cell and energy metabolism and keep skin, hair and paws healthy
Vitamin C is an antioxidant involved in immunity and many other functions
Vitamin D helps him grow and keep his bones strong,
Vitamin E protects the body from oxidation,
Vitamin K participates in blood coagulation.
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