Article
Vitamin nutrition of livestock animals: Overview from vitamin discovery to today
2006-06-01
Abstract excerpt
The term "vitamin" or "vitamine" was first used in 1912. What later became known as vitamin deficiency diseases - scurvy, beriberi, night blindness and xeropthalmia - had plagued the world from antiquity. From 1900 through the 1930s, experiments with animals helped to advance knowledge of vitamins considerably. There are 15 vitamins of significance for livestock. A number of factors influence vitamin requirements...
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- d42ee7b0-9ba9-5990-942f-e337eb7d18ce
- DOI
- 10.4141/a05-057