Vitamins are essential elements which are needed in small quantity in poultry for better functioning of organs, body function, growth and reproduction for a sustainable poultry farming. Achieving maximum health and performance of the body requires nutritionally balanced diet which contains all essential nutrients. Any kind of vitamin deficiency in the body can give rise to different health related problems. The most common issue which we face in the poultry farming is the deficiency of vitamins and minerals which directly affect the growth of poultry. There are different kinds of vitamins and are divided into two categories: fat-soluble and water soluble. The fat-soluble vitamin are A, D & K and water soluble Vitamin are C & B.
Vitamin A:It is required for normal growth, reproduction and maintenance of epithelial cells. It’s deficiency causes nutritional roup which is characterized by conjunctives, nasal discharge and sticking of eye lashes.
Vitamin D3: It is used for absorption and utilization of calcium and phosphorus which are essential for growth. In Egg laying birds it aid in improving egg production and improved eggshell.
Vitamin E acts as an anti-oxidant and ensures normal neurological function. In nature Vitamin D is gained by the sunlight and its deficiency can cause rickets by which the bird start producing thin eggshell with reduced hatchability.
Vitamin E:It is a powerful antioxidant which is important for improving the neurological function. Deficiency of this can cause crazy chick disease in young birds and muscles dystrophy.
All these vitamins can be availed by the feed, but the feed is not so great that is can provide that level of vitamin which is needed by the body. There we can use external poultry vitamin supplement along with the feed which can provide the vitamin requirement to the body. The we use “Anfaboost AD3E” a poultry multivitamin supplement which is effective in providing all the vitamins to the body which ensures a better working of the body by which the health and performance can be improved. It consists of Vitamin A, D3 & E with added advantage of Vitamin C which enhances the growth, productivity and immunity of poultry birds for better poultry farming.