Topics: Animal Refresher, Poultry Science

Match: Vitamins and Deficiency Diseases in Poultry

Match the column — Vitamins and their deficiency diseases in poultry:

TABLE-I (Vitamin)	TABLE-II (Deficiency Disease)
1. Vitamin E	(a) Polyneuritis
2. Thiamine	(b) Crazy Chick disease
3. Riboflavin	(c) Penguin-like posture
4. Biotin	(d) Curled toe paralysis
5. Vitamin D	(e) Fatty liver kidney syndrome

1-a, 2-b, 3-d, 4-e, 5-c
1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-e, 5-c
1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d, 5-e
1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-e, 5-d

Match: Vitamins and Deficiency Diseases in Poultry

Match the column — Vitamins and their deficiency diseases in poultry:

TABLE-I (Vitamin)	TABLE-II (Deficiency Disease)
1. Vitamin E	(a) Polyneuritis
2. Thiamine	(b) Crazy Chick disease
3. Riboflavin	(c) Penguin-like posture
4. Biotin	(d) Curled toe paralysis
5. Vitamin D	(e) Fatty liver kidney syndrome

Options

1-a, 2-b, 3-d, 4-e, 5-c
1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-e, 5-c ✓
1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d, 5-e
1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-e, 5-d

Correct Answer: B

Explanation in English

Correct Answer: 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-e, 5-c

Correct Matching

Vitamin	Deficiency Disease	Key Signs
Vitamin E	Crazy Chick disease (Encephalomalacia)	Lack of coordination, head retraction, ataxia; also causes Exudative diathesis and Muscular dystrophy (White muscle disease)
Thiamine (B₁)	Polyneuritis	Nerve inflammation; birds sit on their hocks with neck drawn back — 'Stargazing' posture
Riboflavin (B₂)	Curled toe paralysis	Chicks walk on their hocks with toes curled inward; peripheral neuritis of sciatic nerve
Biotin	Fatty Liver Kidney Syndrome (FLKS)	Sudden death in broilers; fatty infiltration of liver and kidneys; also causes Perosis and egg white injury when egg white (avidin) binds biotin
Vitamin D	Penguin-like posture	Rickets (young birds) — soft beak, bones; Osteomalacia (adult); birds sit on their hocks with wings spread (penguin posture)

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