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Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) - Nutrition (view source)
Revision as of 09:27, 22 May 2015
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==Toxicity==
==Toxicity==
There are no published toxicity reports in cats, but chronic high intake (i.e., >100x the requirement) of Vitamin B<sub>6</sub> can result in ataxia and tonic convulsions in dogs within 1 week of daily administration<ref>Hoover DM, et al. Ultrastructural Lesions of Pyridoxine Toxicity in Beagle Dogs. Vet Pathol 1981;18: 769-777.</ref><ref>Montpetit VJ, et al. Alteration of neuronal cytoskeletal organization in dorsal root ganglia associated with pyridoxine neurotoxicity. Acta Neuropathol 1988;76:71-81.</ref>.
There are no published toxicity reports in cats, but chronic high intake (i.e. >100x the requirement) of Vitamin B<sub>6</sub> can result in ataxia and tonic convulsions in dogs within 1 week of daily administration<ref>Hoover DM, et al. Ultrastructural Lesions of Pyridoxine Toxicity in Beagle Dogs. Vet Pathol 1981;18: 769-777.</ref><ref>Montpetit VJ, et al. Alteration of neuronal cytoskeletal organization in dorsal root ganglia associated with pyridoxine neurotoxicity. Acta Neuropathol 1988;76:71-81.</ref>.
==Dietary Sources==
==Dietary Sources==