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Note for Pet Owners This information is provided by
Provet for educational purposes only.
You should seek the advice of your
veterinarian if your pet is ill as only he or she can correctly advise on the
diagnosis and recommend the treatment that is most appropriate for your pet.
Vitamin E is an important essential dietary constituent for cats, dogs and all other pets Vitamin E has some important roles to play in the body, including :
Vitamin E is present in many foods (eg vegetable oils, cereal products, green plants, liver and eggs) as tocopherols or tocotrienols and the amount needed by an individual increases if fat intake in the food increases. If a large amount of unsaturated fat is eaten with only low intake of vitamin E - disease such as pansteatitis (also called "yellow fat disease") can occur. This is seen most often in cats fed a mainly fish ration. a-tocopherol is a natural antioxidant and stabilises carotene and other oxidisable substances (eg fats) in food or in the body, so it is widely used to prolong the shelf-life of human and pet foods. In the body vitamin E is stored in the liver and all body tissues. A deficiency of vitamin E can lead to :
Too much vitamin E causes a loss of appetite.
Updated October 2013 | |||