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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Main Authors: Coates, J W, Holbek, N E, Beames, R M, Puls, R, O'Brien, W P
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1998
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Research Article
Atlantic salmon
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1539927
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9524722
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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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