title: Thiamin deficiency in cats and dogs associated with feeding meat preserved with sulphur dioxide.
abstract: Thiamin deficiency was diagnosed in cats and dogs being fed fresh minced meat, which contained sulphur dioxide as a preservative and less than 0.5 mg/kg thiamin. Thiamin in the meat and in added dietary ingredients, including a supplementary vitamin mixture, was destroyed by the sulphur dioxide.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Clinical Centre, University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Studdert
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Labuc
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005519:Food Preservation; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D013831:Thiamine / Q000032:analysis; D013832:Thiamine Deficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D013831:Thiamine