Prevention and Treatment Methods for Vitamin B Deficiency in Raccoon Dogs

Vitamin B1 Deficiency Vitamin B1 deficiency can directly harm the health of both female and young animals. It can cause pregnant females to lose appetite, develop movement incoordination, staggering gait, and pale visible mucous membranes, and they are prone to stillbirth, decayed fetuses, difficult labor, and delivery of mummified fetuses. Newborn pups show bleeding on the head, and the mortality rate is relatively high.

Prevention and treatment measures: (1) Vitamin B1 should be added to the feed during pregnancy, 2-3 mg per animal per day, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of this disease; (2) Do not feed feed that can destroy vitamin B1 for a long time, such as raw freshwater fish or raw eggs; (3) When pregnant females are found to refuse food or show symptoms of neurological disorder, compound vitamin B can be injected intramuscularly, 2 ml each time, twice a day. Vitamins are a class of small-molecule organic compounds necessary for maintaining the normal physiological functions of the body. Although their content in beverages and animal bodies is very small, they play an extremely important role in regulating various metabolic reactions of the body, so they are indispensable. Once vitamins are lacking in the feed, the physiological functions of the body will become disordered, and vitamin deficiency diseases will occur.

Vitamin B2 is also called riboflavin, and is widely present in animal liver and egg yolk, bran and middlings feed, green feed, fermented feed and yeast.

When the body lacks vitamin B2, metabolic disorders often lead to cheilitis, angular stomatitis, glossitis, dermatitis, stunted growth and hair loss. The daily supply for each raccoon dog is 2-3 mg.

Vitamin B6 includes three compounds: pyridoxine, pyridoxal and pyridoxamine. These three substances have similar structures and have the same physiological activity in animals.

When deficient, the main manifestations are spasms, growth arrest, anemia and dermatitis. Vitamin B6 is abundantly present in yeast, plant seeds, animal liver, kidney and muscle.

Vitamin B12 is also called anti-anemia vitamin. Because it contains cobalt, it is also called cobalamin, cobalt vitamin or cyanocobalamin. Its main function is to regulate the hematopoietic function of bone marrow and is closely related to the maturation of red blood cells.

When deficient, the red blood cell concentration decreases, nerve sensitivity increases, and reproductive capacity is seriously affected. Vitamin B12 exists only in animal-based beverages, where its content is relatively high. As long as a certain amount of fresh, high-quality animal feed is guaranteed for raccoon dogs, vitamin B12 deficiency can generally be prevented.