Gastric ulceration and suspected vitamin A toxicosis in grower pigs fed fish silage. |
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| Authors: | J W Coates N E Holbek R M Beames R Puls W P O'Brien |
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| Affiliation: | Animal Health Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Abbotsford, British Columbia. |
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| Abstract: | In 3 feeding trials, gastric ulceration was diagnosed in 2 of 12 lame and recumbent grower pigs fed a diet of 50% fish silage produced from the offal of farmed Atlantic salmon. Premature femoral physeal closure and elevated serum retinyl palmitate levels, features of vitamin A toxicosis, were also observed. |
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