Topics:
Animal Nutrition, Animal Refresher
Match: Vitamins and Deficiency Diseases
Match the column:
| Vitamin | Deficiency disease |
|---|---|
| 1. Riboflavin | (a) Goose-stepping in pigs |
| 2. Vitamin E | (b) Curled toe paralysis |
| 3. Thiamine | (c) Crazy chick disease |
| 4. Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) | (d) Spectacle eye in Rats |
| 5. Biotin | (e) Polyneuritis |
- 1-e, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a, 5-d
- 1-b, 2-c, 3-e, 4-a, 5-d — Correct Answer
- 1-b, 2-a, 3-e, 4-d, 5-c
- 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-e, 5-d
Explanation:
Correct Answer: 1-b, 2-c, 3-e, 4-a, 5-d
Each B-vitamin and fat-soluble vitamin has classic, examination-important deficiency signs in specific species.
Vitamins and Deficiency Signs — Matching
| Vitamin | Deficiency Sign | Species Affected |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Riboflavin (B2) | (b) Curled toe paralysis | Chicken |
| 2. Vitamin E (α-Tocopherol) | (c) Crazy chick disease (Encephalomalacia) | Chick (cerebellum degeneration) |
| 3. Thiamine (B1) | (e) Polyneuritis | Birds — "star gazer position" |
| 4. Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) | (a) Goose-stepping in pigs | Pigs (also caused by B6/Pyridoxine) |
| 5. Biotin (B8) | (d) Spectacle eye in rats | Rats; also FLKS in chicks |
Additional Vitamin Deficiency Signs
- Vitamin A → "Nutritional roup" in poultry
- Vitamin D → "Penguin-like squat" in hens; Rickets in children; Osteomalacia in adults
- Vitamin B12 → Pernicious anaemia
- Vitamin C → Scurvy; "Pithed frog" condition in baby guinea pigs
- Niacin (B3) → Pellagra/rough skin
Why Other Options Are Wrong
- 1-e, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a, 5-d → assigns Polyneuritis (B1 deficiency) to Riboflavin
- 1-b, 2-a, 3-e, 4-d, 5-c → assigns Goose-stepping to Vitamin E; Vitamin E causes Crazy chick disease, not Goose-stepping
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