What is mink vitamin deficiency?
I. Vitamin A deficiency
1. Symptoms: corneal softening, dry eyes, night blindness.
2. Treatment: increase the amount of cod liver oil fed or add fresh liver.
II. Vitamin B deficiency
1. Symptoms: loss of appetite, followed by refusal to eat, hoarse high-pitched screaming, head tilted backward.
2. Treatment: inject vitamin B1 ml; if the whole group refuses to eat, increase the amount of vitamin B1 and yeast powder fed, stop feeding freshwater fish or reduce its amount and feed it cooked.
III. Vitamin C deficiency
1. Symptoms: mostly occurs in 5-day-old mink kits, with herpes on the toes and obvious paleness of the oral cavity.
2. Treatment: give mink kits vitamin C by dropper; for severe cases, add mg quickly, and increase vitamin C in the feed of female mink.
IV. Vitamin D deficiency
1. Symptoms: staggering when walking, emaciation of the limbs, stunted growth, rough and messy fur, skeletal deformation, curvature of the spine.
2. Treatment: increase the amount of cod liver oil and bone meal (or calcium supplements) fed and strengthen light exposure, etc.