My Golden Pet

Pet dog or pet would be very nice if the dog is healthy and to be qualified, the ideal can be grown in accordance with the age and type. Although maintenance of dogs including simple and not difficult, there are still many dogs that are kept less healthy, even sickly skinny so it felt less maintenance dog groomed.

To be able to grow with both the pet dog requires a diet and contain protein, vitamins and minerals. Elements of nutritional deficiencies in your diet will certainly lead to rapid dogs suffering from pain and abnormalities in development.

This time the extent to which this paper peeling role in the development of mineral dogs, and what happens if the dogs or that we keep in the house had a mineral deficiency.
Minerals in the diet would have a very important role in supporting the growth and also plays a role in determining the health of a pet dog as derivatives if we keep the mother dog and intend mengembangbiakkannya. Because the minerals in the food an absolute must have, especially at certain times of increased need, such as infancy, pregnancy and when breastfeeding her parents.

Well, if the mineral elements in the diet is given less then consequently the growth of the dog becomes distracted, the dog had dwarfism, abnormal bone growth or bent, even a dog can have permanent paralysis.

Based on the function, the minerals can be divided into 2 types, namely:
1. Macro-minerals. This mineral functions as a state of acid-base balance, regulating body fluids and affect the permeability of the cell membrane causes antarintrasel and extracellular potential difference, so biolistrik processes running smoothly. Included in the macro-minerals are: Ca, P, Na, and Cl.
2. Micro-minerals (trace minerals), so called because of the amount required to be expressed in ppm (percent per million). This micro-mineral functions as a trigger and the development of substances such as enzyme reactions, iodine for thyroid hormone, in the context of the formation of hemoglobin Fe, Co (Cobalt) for the formation of vitamin B 12, and others.

Macro and micro minerals are bound to one another in a configuration such that the presence of minerals that may affect the presence of other minerals. For example, it would eliminate the increased Ca P (phosphorus). Often this is because most of the minerals Ca would cause skeletal malformations in the bones like Osteochondroitis Dessicans (OCD), spondylo-Cervical myelopathy, and hip dysplasia.

The addition of Ca would also disrupt the balance of other minerals, namely P, Zn, Fe, Cu and Ca which can menyebabkangastric bloat.
Mineral Mg (magnesium) is important in the diet of adult animals, because Mg alleged role in causing disease on lower urinary apparatus. Excess Mg and urine acid-base state suspected as a trigger formation of struvite urolithiasis (magnesium ammonium phosphate).

Minerals are essential and required by dogs is:
1. Calcium
2. Phosphorous (P)
3. Copper (Cuprum) or Cu
4. Iodine (I)
5. Ferrum / Iron (Fe)
6. Magnesium (Mg)
7. Manganese (Mn)
8. Zinc (Zn)

If some of the above minerals are lacking in dog food, then it can result in a deficiency of minerals and will affect the state of the dog. Here are some abnormalities that can be caused due to deficiency of minerals above:

Calcium (Ca)
Calcium deficiency can result in:
a. Dogs infancy:
- Impaired bone growth
- The long bones grow crooked (toe shape X or O)
- Thickening of the ends of long bones and deformed shape typically seen on the front legs and ribs.
b. In adult dogs:
- Softening of the long bones that break easily.
- Paralysis of the hind legs.
- Can lead to death.
c. In dogs during lactation
- Early symptoms are gemetat and seizures, panting, tired, salivation and bulging eyes.
- Body temperature rose / rose.
- Genesis which will weight the dog will fall by the position of the body with the legs look stiff and shaking. When you fall down and not immediately treated the dog can die in a short time later.

Phosphorus (P)
Phosphorus deficiency can result in:
a. At puppy:
- Impaired bone growth or known as rickets.
- Abnormal growth of long bones are marked with bent legs, irregular bone joints, there are bumps on the ribs.
- Joints become stiff and weak muscles.
- Adult Sexual late, followed by a late first marriage.

Symptoms similar to phosphorus deficiency symptoms of calcium deficiency. Usually when there is a deficiency of calcium, there will be shortage of phosphorus as well.
b. In adult dogs
- The bones porous, soft and easily broken or known as osteomalacia / osteoporosis.
- Impaired fertility rate / decrease, often fail bunting in severe cases can even lead to infertility.
Often weird habits revealed by phosphorus-deficient dogs are:
1. Often eat grass.
2. Biting the cage wall.
3. Sometimes eat soil and followed by vomiting.

Magnesium (Mg)
Magnesium deficiency can result in:
- Growth distracted and lack of appetite
- Bone growth is not perfect, there are lumps on joints.
- Legs weak, not the normal and abnormal foot position.
- The hind legs on the ground menelapak limited joints.
- Muscle disorders, trembling, staggering, convulsions and easily startled.

IRON (Fe)
Lack of iron can lead to:
- Thin, frail, pale, lethargic and anemia (lack of blood).
- Breath rather quickly, decreased appetite, impaired growth (dwarf).
- Feet cold, susceptible to disease, sometimes accompanied by diarrhea.
- In pregnant dogs, children born of weakness, skin wrinkle puppies were born in a state or death.

MANGANESE (Mn)
Manganese deficiency can result in:
- Impaired bone growth in foot position is not normal, especially with the rear foot slightly angled position
- Interference occurs in adult dogs ovulation (release of eggs) resulting in impaired fertility
- Great manganese deficiency in male and female dogs can cause sterility (sterile)
- On a pregnant dog will be interference with the growth of the embryo, often give birth prematurely or pregnancy will disappear altogether before until delivery (fetal diresorbsi back)

SUBSTANCE COPPER (Cu)
Copper deficiency can result in:
- Impaired bone growth, bone length will be shorter (do not grow normally, often bone growth stops), bad fur.
- Adult dogs looked lethargic, pale, weak, easily tired, shaky, poor hair growth, dull, easy loss, anemia.
- Parent bunting will give birth to children who are weak, limp legs stand strong and not normal.
- There was diarrhea.

ZINC (Zn)
This deficiency can lead to:
- Growth disturbed
- Thin, an interruption in the skin, redness, itching, skin thickening, crusty joint area, easy hair loss and wounds are difficult to treat.

IODIZED (I)
This mineral has an important role in the metabolism of the body. Iodine is necessary hormones produced in the thyroid gland to stimulate the body's metabolism.
Iodine deficiency can result in:
- The low production of thyroid hormones on, swollen adenoids.
- Reproductive disorders in adult dogs.
- Impaired growth in young dogs / puppies.
- Children who are born in a state dog is dead or deformed.