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Influencing factors

Dietary vitamin intake and utilization are influenced by a host of factors. These factors combine to increase the vitamin levels needed to maintain optimum productivity. They include:

Direct factors: stressors on the animal

  • Disease
  • Confinement
  • Restricted feeding
  • Antagonists
  • Air quality
  • Temperature


Indirect factors: variations in vitamin levels in feedstuffs

  • Bioavailability
  • Stability
  • Quality of feedstuffs

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