NADIS Knowledge Transfer - Vitamin E/Selenieum Deficiency

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The primary limiting Vitamin in the pig anti-oxidant metabolic system is:

	Vitamin C
	Vitamin D
	Vitamin E
	Selenium
	None of these

Acute Vitamin E/Selenium deficiency in the pig presents as:

	Slowed growth
	Sudden death
	Weak pigs
	Pneumonia
	All of these

Which of the following post mortem signs would lead to a suspicion of Vitamin E Selenium deficiency?

	Enlarged heart
	Accumulation of jelly like fluid around the heart
	Oedema in the lungs
	Presence of free blood in the abdomen
	All of these

Marginal anti-oxidant levels in the pig after weaning are thought to precipitate infectious disease such as respiratory complex. The approximate cost to a 500 sow breeder weaner farm over 6mths can reach:

	£15
	£150
	£1500
	£15000
	£150000

Where acute Mulberry Heart Disease immediately post-weaning is diagnosed which of the following immediate measures are appropriate to stop further losses? (more than one answer may apply)

	Increasing Vitamin E/Selenium levels in the dry sow and lactator diets
	Administration of Vitamin C via the water
	Injection of piglets at weaning with Vitamin E/Selenium
	Administration of Vitamin E via the water
	Increasing Vitamin E/ Selenium levels in weaner diets

Vitamin E/Selenium requirements may be elevated in which of the following circumstances?

	Porcine stress syndrome
	High fat diets
	High disease challenge
	Multiple vaccine use
	All of these

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