Vitamins

Vitamin В6

Vitamin B6 is used for production of premixes, feed and feed mixes for farm animals, including poultry with the purpose of prophylaxis of hypovitaminosis B6. The biological role of pyridoxine is determined by its participation in amino acid exchange and the construction of the enzyme phosphorylase which is able to decompose glycogen. Pyridoxine is also necessary for the metabolism of linoleic acid into arachidonic acid in animal organism, in the formation of fat from protein, hemoglobin of the blood, and in the metabolism of sodium. Therefore, vitamin B6 takes a direct part in protein, carbohydrate, fat and mineral exchanges. Signs of hypovitaminosis are loss of appetite, anemia, dermatitis, stunted growth, and deterioration of the use of nitrogen and energy fodder, gastrointestinal disorders, convulsions, leading to the loss of young animals. At a lack of vitamin B6 in the feed rations a synthetic drug pyridoxine hydrochloride is added.