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The role of carotenoids and vitamin A in encephalomalacia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

L. Prohászka
L. Prohászka
Affiliation:
Veterinary Medical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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1. The relationship of vitamin A and carotenoids with encephalomalacia was examined in chick-raising farms and under laboratory conditions. 2. In encephalomalacic chicks on the farms a significant decrease in liver carotenoid content was demonstrated. In the diseased chicks the carotenoid contentwas below 0.30 mg/100 g liver, as against the normal values of 0.40–1.0 mg/ 100 g. 3. Under experimental conditions incidence of encephalomalacia could be decreased by oral treatment with the synthetic carotenoid ethyl β-apo-8'-carotenoate. This implies that deficiency in carotenoid is not merely a concomitant sign of encephalomalacia, but has also a causative role, as sufficient carotenoid reserves confer a certain protection against the disease. 4. The pathogenetic role of carotenoid metabolism in encephalomalacia was supported by certain observations. Factors inhibiting the accumulation of ethyl β-apo-8'-carotenoate in the liver predispose chicks to the disease. In chicks 4–5 weeks old in addition to those with vitamin A reserves higher than 800 i.u./g liver, the accumulation of carotenoids in the liver was about 10% of that measured in chicks more than 7 weeks old, or in those with vitamin A reserves not higher than from 100 to 200 i.u./g. In fact, encephalomalacia occurs mainly among chicks 3–5 weeks old. Also, reserves of vitamin A exceeding 800 i.u./g liver were found to predispose chickens to encephalomalacia.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1966 , pp. 533 - 540
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1966

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