Topics:
Animal Nutrition, Animal Refresher
Match: Metabolic Diseases and Element Deficiencies
Match the column: Deficiency & metabolic diseases
| Deficiency & metabolic diseases | Associated elements |
|---|---|
| 1. Piglet anaemia | (a) Magnesium |
| 2. Eclampsia & milk fever | (b) Phosphorus |
| 3. Grass tetany | (c) Molybdenum |
| 4. Pica & PPH (Post Parturient Haemoglobinuria) | (d) Iron |
| 5. Femoral head necrosis | (e) Calcium |
- 1-d, 2-e, 3-b, 4-a, 5-c
- 1-e, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b, 5-c
- 1-d, 2-e, 3-a, 4-b, 5-c — Correct Answer
- 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d, 5-e
Explanation:
Correct Answer: 1-d, 2-e, 3-a, 4-b, 5-c
Matching metabolic diseases to their causative element deficiencies: Piglet anaemia ← Fe; Eclampsia & Milk fever ← Ca; Grass tetany ← Mg; Pica & PPH ← P; Femoral head necrosis ← Mo.
Mineral Deficiency Diseases — Complete Reference Table
| Disease | Species | Deficient Element |
|---|---|---|
| Piglet anaemia ("Thumps") | Piglets 2–4 weeks | Iron (Fe) |
| Eclampsia (in bitch) + Milk fever (in cow) | Dog, cow | Calcium (Ca) |
| Grass tetany / Lactation tetany | Cattle, sheep | Magnesium (Mg) |
| Pica + PPH (Post Parturient Haemoglobinuria) | Cattle | Phosphorus (P) |
| Femoral head necrosis in chickens | Poultry | Molybdenum (Mo) |
Memory Tips
- Fe → Fe-tal pigs (piglet anaemia in iron-deficient 2–4 week piglets).
- Ca → Calcium crisis at calving (milk fever) and whelping (eclampsia).
- Mg → Magnesium missing on green pasture = grass tetany.
- P → Pica (perverted appetite) and post-parturient haemoglobinuria.
- Mo → Molybdenum deficiency → femoral head necrosis (vs Mo toxicity → Teartness in cattle).
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