Influence of vitamin B6 deficiency on selected aspects of metabolism in the chick

Vitamin B6in Poultry Nutrition A Review

“…They also observed that the increased incidence of gizzard erosion in the B6 deficiency state is not due to reduced feed intake since pair-fed controls did not exhibit the same level of erosion. Daghir (1962) observed in a number of chicks fed vitamin B6deficient diets atonic crop or more commonly referred to as pendulous crop. Since this condition was not regularly observed in a large number of chicks, it was not classified by the author as a definite manifestation of the deficiency.…”