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Menadione nicotinamide bisulphite as a source of vitamin K and niacin activities for the growing pig

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

M. Marchetti ,
M. Tassinari  and
S. Marchetti
M. Marchetti
Affiliation:
Vitamin Research Centre, Department of Biochemistry ‘G. Moruzzi’, University of Bologna, via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
M. Tassinari
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology and Animal Production, University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia-BO, Italy
S. Marchetti
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology and Animal Production, University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia-BO, Italy
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Abstract

When compared with other menadione derivatives such as menadione sodium bisulphite (MSB), menadione nicotinamide bisulphite (MNB), an organic salt combining menadione and nicotinamide, shows better stability towards physical and chemical factors once it is added to pre-mixes or foods. The present work evaluates the bioavailability of the two vitamins present in this compound and toxicity in the pig. To assess vitamin bioavailability, pigs were given small amounts of food containing MNB or equivalent amounts of MSB and nicotinamide in the free form. Menadione and nicotinamide concentrations in blood samples drawn at set times after the diets were given did not reveal any significant differences between the two modes of administration. Haematic levels of both vitamins in animals receiving MNB, or MSB and nicotinamide, were after 2, 4, 8 and 12 h higher (P < 0·001) than those of untreated animals. The tolerance level to MNB was evaluated in pigs given diets containing graded amounts of MNB (100, 500, 2500 mg/kg) for 28 days. No significant (P > 0·05) differences were recorded in live weight, food intake and gain/food ratio in pigs given these diets when compared with those given an unsupplemented diet. Haemoglobin and bilirubin levels did not differ between animals given various amounts of MNB and control animals. Plasma aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activities in pigs given 100 mg/kg of MNB did not show significant differences when compared with those observed in pigs given an unsupplemented control diet. In pigs on the diets supplemented with 500 and 2500 mg/kg of MNB there was a significant increase in the two enzymatic activities as compared with controls (P < 0·001 and P < 0·01). In the case of ALT this had disappeared by 28 weeks. MNB is a good source of vitamin K for the pig and does not appear to have any adverse effects, even when administered at levels higher than those normally used in pig food supplementation.

Keywords

bioavailabilitymenadione nicotinamide bisulphitemenadione sodium bisulphitenicotinamidepigs.
Type
Non-ruminant nutrition, behaviour and production
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Animal Science , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , August 2000 , pp. 111 - 117
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 2000

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