ANN 111: Principles of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology (2+1)

REQUIREMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION

Requirement

• Vitamin C is dietary essential only in man, guinea pig and other primates, red vented bulbul and fruit eating bat as these species lack the enzyme L-gulonolactone oxidase.
• Stress increases the requirement of this vitamin.
• Other species synthesise vitamin C from glucose.

Supplementation

• Citrus fruits and green leafy vegetables are rich sources.