Vitamin B Deficiency

What is B Vitamin and Vitamin B12 facts

Vitamin B deficiency and dog health is tightly connected. Lowered Vit. B levels seen in intestinal diseases is well known and cobalamin injections can greatly help your dog.

Vitamin B is not only one vitamin. The complex of different vitamin B can be difficult to understand as not all of them is important in veterinary medicine.

The main ones are:

• Vitamin B1 (Thiamin)
• Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
• Niacin
• Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)
• Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
• Biotin
• Folic Acid
• Vitamin B 12 (Cyanocobolamin or Cobalamine)

The two most important in veterinary medicine is undoubtedly Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 (also called Cobalamine).

In intestinal disease these two can change and most often vitamin b deficiency is the same as deficiency of Vitamin B12.

Folic acid can sometimes get too low as well or sometimes to high. The latter, because of bacterial over growth and the following bacterial overproduction of Folic Acid.

In this case the abnormal blood levels of Folic Acid would be a sign of abnormal gut bacterial flora and increased bacterial numbers. Not a primary sign of disease by its own.

Sometimes diarrhea is difficult, sometimes easy to resolve. Vitamin b can be and aid in the diagnosis.

Vitamin B Related Information

Facts About Vitamin B: Here you can find more information about vitamin b. If you would like more information about digestion and vitamin b, this is where to find it. How much is recommended in the dog food and which food to avoid if you would like to maximize food content of vitamin b in order to avoid vitamin b deficiency. You also learn if vitamin deficiency always can be dealt with by supplementation in the food.

What Does Vitamin B12 Do in the Body: Do you know why a cobalamin deficiency is bad for your dogs boby? If not this is to look to find out. As you will find out vitamin b is so important in many of the body reactions and the building and maintenance of the cells.