Vitamins

Vitamins help in the body's ability to fight disease and are an essential part of the enzyme system. They help to transform mineral elements into structural components of bones and teeth. Vitamins are known for their important role in red blood cell formation, reproduction and assistance in maintaining appetite and a healthy skin and coat.

Vitamin A:
Helps to maintain vision and protect the body against infection. Given in the correct amount it is essential for healthy skin and coat.
Vitamin D:
Necessary for calcium and phosphorus absorption and metabolism. It promotes normal bone calcification and is responsible for bone and joint formation. Excessive Vitamin D can result in rickets, depressed growth, soft tissue problems with the stomach wall, heart muscle, lung and blood vessel.
Vitamin E:
Also known as Tocopherol – it is a biological antioxidant that helps to prevent rancidity in fats.
It is also responsible for normal reproduction.
Vitamin E deficiencies can result in stiff gait, muscle weakness, giving birth to weak or dead puppies or gestation failure and internal haemorrhaging.
Prolonged excessive consumption of Vitamin E can stop the absorption of other fat soluble vitamins which may cause problems with clotting of the blood.
Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid:
These are essential for the function of the nervous system and the formation of red blood cells.
Anaemia is the most common sign of a deficiency in either of these vitamins.
Riboflavin B2:
Essential for the function of the nervous system, healthy skin and coat, utilizing energy and tissue repair.
Deficiencies can result in weight loss, neurological disorder and dermatitis.
Niacin and Panthothenic Acid:
Essential to maintain integrity of the nervous system, skin and hair.
Deficiencies can result in loss of appetite, dermatitis and alternating constipation and diarrhoea
Choline:
Aids in bone development, building and maintaining cell structure and nervous system function.
Deficiencies may result in poor growth, and deposits of fat in and around the liver.
Thiamine B1:
Essential for the nervous system. Deficiencies may result in loss of appetite, weakness, weight loss and convulsive seizures.
Pyridoxine B6:
Essential for the nervous system. Deficiencies may result in poor growth, anaemia, convulsive seizures and degeneration of the nervous system.
Biotin:
Essential for healthy skin and coat. Deficiencies may result in poor coat condition and dermatitis.
All Simpsons Premium products contain the recommended amounts of vitamins