Gastric ulceration and suspected vitamin A toxicosis in grower pigs fed fish silage.
In 3 feeding trials, gastric ulceration was diagnosed in 2 of 12 lame and recumbent grower pigs fed a diet of 50% fish silage produced from the offal of farmed Atlantic salmon. Premature femoral physeal closure and elevated serum retinyl palmitate levels, features of vitamin A toxicosis, were also o...
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Language: | English |
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1998
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1539927 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9524722 |
Summary: | In 3 feeding trials, gastric ulceration was diagnosed in 2 of 12 lame and recumbent grower pigs fed a diet of 50% fish silage produced from the offal of farmed Atlantic salmon. Premature femoral physeal closure and elevated serum retinyl palmitate levels, features of vitamin A toxicosis, were also observed. |
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