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Query: UMLS:C0024523 (
malabsorption
)
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The interaction between
malabsorption syndrome
(
MAS
) and dietary vitamins A and D was studied in broiler chicks reared in floor pens for 4 weeks. The chicks were naturally infected with
MAS
, whereas hatchmates fed the same diets but in a separate facility (battery brooder) did not exhibit signs of
MAS
and, therefore, were considered controls.
MAS
significantly reduced body weights, bone ash, serum calcium and phosphorus concentrations, and liver lipids and increased the incidence of skeletal abnormalities (tibial
dyschondroplasia
and rickets). Rather than ameliorating the effects of
MAS
, vitamin A caused a further reduction in body weight and bone ash. A possible nutrient interaction between vitamin A and vitamin D or vitamin E in birds with
MAS
may account for the exacerbative effect of vitamin A.
...
PMID:Exacerbative effect of vitamin A on malabsorption syndrome in chicks. 299 37
