Vitamins and Minerals:
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		Vitamins:	Benefits:	Deficiency Problems:	Source:
		Vitamin A	Maintains growth, good eyesight, skin and bone health.	Mouth and throat lesions. Defects in eye functions.	Eggs, vegetable and fruit.
		Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)	Aids important metabolic functions, overall growth, muscle texture and a healthy nervous system.	Leg paralysis, poor appetite, digestive problems and general weakness.	Cereal grains, green vegetables, wheat, peas and beans.
		Vitamin B2( Riboflavin)	Aids important metabolic functions, skin, feather and nail quality.	Paralysis and culed toes.	Egg white, green vegetables and wheatgerm.
		Vitamin B3 (Niacin)	Needed for the metabolic processes, the nervous digestive systems and for the production of hormones.	Slow growth, poor feather quality and scaly dermatitis.	Grains and nuts.
		Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)	Helps with the production of digestive juices, the development of red blood cells and antibodies and supports the operation of nervous system.	Lack of appetite and weight. Impaired reproduction.	Green vegetables and grains.
		Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)	Necessary for normal metabolism.	Impaired egg hatchability, bone deformities and growth retardation.	Egg yolk.
		Biotin	Assists in important metabolic functions.	Impaired egg hatchability, bone deformities and skin diseaese.	Grains and nuts.
		Choline	Aids metabolising fats and cholesterol and helping with the functioning of the nervous system, liver and kidneys	Depletion leads to kidney and liver ailments, fatty liver degeneration, slipped tendon and hock disease.	Green vegetables and egg yolk.
		Folic Acid	Aids the body in its use of proteins, the production of red blood cells.	Anaemia, loss of pigmentation and retarded body and feather growth.	Green vegetables and grains.
		Pantothenic Acid	A must for cellular metabolism, a healthy digestive tract and proper functioning of the adrenal glands.	Retarded growth and feather development, skin ailments and diseases, liver damage and impaired egg hatchability.	Peanuts, green vegetables and grains.
		Vitamin C	Helps with connective formation, healing injuries and fighting infection and assists with the production of the red blood cells.	Depletion has no ill effect on most Psittacula Species.	Citrus fruits, tomatoes and raw green vegetables.
		Vitamin D3	Birds can not utilise vitamin D2, therefore they must have vitamin D3 for proper bone formation and nervouse system. Aids blood clotting and enables calcium absorption.	Soft shelled eggs and egg binded.	Sunlight and egg yolk.
		Vitamin E	Increase fertility, blood ciculation and the regeneration tissue. An antioxidant and prevents the degeneration of fatty acids and vitamin A and vitamin D.	Decrease fertility, degenerative muscle disease and softening of the brain.	Wheatgerm, green vegetables, eggs beans and peanuts.
		Vitamin K	Liver function, blood clotting and general vitality	Poor blood clotting.	Green vegetables, egg yolk and beans.
		Minerals:
		Calcium	Essential for the development and growth of bones and muscles. Aids the proper functioning of the heart, muscles, blood and nervous system.	Poor bone growth and bone deformity, brittle and soft bones. Essential for egg production.	Cuttlefish bone, shell grit and calcium supplements.
		Chlorine	Needed to maintain the correct alkaline, acid and fluid balance, produces stomach acids.	Imbalance of alkali acid, improper digestion and loss of body fluids.	Shell grit.
		Iron	Iron is part of the haemoglobin in red blood cells that carries the oxygen, therefore is essential to the development and function of the healthy blood.	Anaemia, debilitated transportation of oxygen from the lungs to the tissue, muscle weakness and poor operation of the whole body.	Nuts, green vegetables and beans
		Magnesium	Valuable for bone formation and proper metabolism, activates enzymes.	Impaired bone formation, the usage of carbohydrates and amino acids.	Grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts and beans.
		Manganese	Valuable for bone and blood formation and regulating metabolism by activating enzymes.	Bone disease, anaemia, poor body meatbolism and general weakness.	Green vegetables, grains and nuts.
		Phosphorus	Fundamental for important meatbolic functions.	Poor bone formation and bone disease.	Grains, nuts, eggs, seeds and vegetables.
		Selenium	Co-worker with vitamin E.	Poor tissue and muscle healing.	Wheatgerm.
		Sodium	Helps to regulate the body fluids and keep the alkali acid balance.	Subnormal amounts causes dehydration and an upset in the alkali acid ratio.	Root vegetables and eggs.
		Zinc	Necessary for normal metabolism and is a component of insulin.	Upsets body metabolism and causes diabetes mellitus through a decrease in insulin production.	Vegetables, wheatgerm and nuts.

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