Vitamin E Deficiency

A nutritional disorder caused by inadequate vitamin E intake or increased destruction of vitamin E due to oxidation of dietary unsaturated fats. Deficiency is associated with nutritional encephalomalacia, exudative diathesis, enzootic muscular dystrophy, infertility, embryonic mortality, and increased erythrocyte fragility.

Clinical Signs

General Systemic Signs

Infertility Incoordination Specific Ataxia Pathognomonic Decreased Fertility Opisthotonos Pathognomonic Testicular Degeneration Clonic Convulsions Pathognomonic Wing Fluttering Specific Early Embryonic Mortality Specific Cerebral Vascular Congestion Specific Collapsed Cerebral Vessels Specific Cerebellar Hemorrhages Pathognomonic Cerebellar Edema Pathognomonic Cerebellar Softening Pathognomonic Cerebellar Necrosis Pathognomonic Cerebellar Atrophy Specific Muscle Pallor Specific

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Host Species

Turkey Susceptibility: moderate

Chicken Primary host Susceptibility: high

Duck Susceptibility: moderate

Associated Microorganisms

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