Interrelationships between biotin, choline and other B-vitamins and the occurrence of fatty liver and kidney syndrome and sudden death syndrome in broiler chickens

1. Addition of supplemental choline to a biotin-deficient diet decreased the biotin status of chicks and increased mortality from fatty liver and kidney syndrome (FLKS). 2. Mortality was also increased by dietary supplementation with a mixture of other B-vitamins, excluding biotin, and was highest w...

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Published in:British journal of nutrition 1982-07, Vol.48 (1), p.177-184
Main Authors: Whitehead, C. C., Randall, C. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animal physiology
Animals
Biotin - deficiency
Chickens
Choline - toxicity
Death, Sudden - veterinary
Diet
Fatty Liver - chemically induced
Fatty Liver - veterinary
Female
Kidney Diseases - chemically induced
Kidney Diseases - veterinary
Male
Papers on General Nutrition
Poultry Diseases - etiology
Pyruvate Carboxylase - blood
Syndrome
Vitamin B 12 - toxicity
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Summary:1. Addition of supplemental choline to a biotin-deficient diet decreased the biotin status of chicks and increased mortality from fatty liver and kidney syndrome (FLKS). 2. Mortality was also increased by dietary supplementation with a mixture of other B-vitamins, excluding biotin, and was highest when the choline and B-vitamin supplements were combined. 3. The occurrence of sudden death syndrome (SDS) was unaffected by dietary biotin concentration. 4. A previously unreported condition was observed in which birds died showing post-mortem signs characteristic of both FLKS and SDS and whose occurrence was related to the biotin status of the chicks.
ISSN:0007-1145
1475-2662
DOI:10.1079/BJN19820099