Prevention and treatment of vitamin A deficiency in cultured masked palm civet

Vitamin A deficiency is a nutritional disease characterized by visual impairment, impaired epithelial integrity and poor bone formation caused by vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A deficiency (clinical symptoms) A deficiency in beavers affects reproductive function. Female beaver delayed estrus, often empty, sometimes resulting in miscarriage. The activity of the male beaver decreased, the sexual function decreased, and could not mate and reproduce normally. Young civet lack of vitamin A will have digestive disorders, diarrhea, progressive weight loss, general weakness and easy to be infected with canine distemper, parvovirus disease, some may have brain dysplasia, motor disorders, eyes with typical symptoms of dry eye disease, dim vision, corneal opacity, night blindness, and some develop into serous or suppurative conjunctivitis. (clinical diagnosis) A typical vitamin A deficiency can be diagnosed according to medical history and clinical symptoms. The diagnosis of mild cases is difficult, and the diagnosis can only be made by referring to the characteristics of pathological damage, the content of vitamin An in plasma and liver, and careful analysis of the diet.

Prevention and treatment of vitamin A deficiency: when the diet is matched, the beavers are given enough vitamin A, and the supply of vitamin An is 100 units / kg body weight per day. Female cats should be given 5 times the minimum amount of vitamin A during the breeding season. The treatment of diseased beaver is mainly oral vitamin A capsule, 400 units / kg body weight per day, once a day for 10 days. Cod liver oil can also be supplied with 0.2ml / kg body weight per day for 10 days. In order to help the digestion and absorption of vitamin A, add an appropriate amount of fat to the feed. Vitamin A preparation should not be overused, otherwise, it is easy to cause vitamin A poisoning.