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Avian Iodine Deficiency
If pet birds are not given a proper diet, they can suffer from nutritional disorders. One such nutritional disorder is iodine deficiency.
Iodine deficiency affects a bird’s thyroid gland — enlarging it from its usual size of three millimeters, to about about one centimeter, or more. (The swelling of thyroid gland, due to iodine deficiency, is called Goiter.) For birds, the thyroid gland is located in the neck and is one of the glands that maintain proper function for various bodily organs.
Causes of Iodine Deficiency in Birds
An iodine deficiency results from a lack of an adequate amount of iodine ingested through the diet. This often occurs when birds are fed an all seed diet, which is generally lacking in iodine. When iodine is not consumed in the diet, it leads to a lack of iodine that is available in the thyroid glands, a necessary element needed to produce the thyroid hormone thyroxine. When thyroxine levels are too low in the bloodstream, the brain sends signals to produce more epithelial cells in order to make more thyroxine. The proliferation of epithelial cells eventually leads to an enlargement of the thyroid glands.
Prevention
Including iodine in your bird’s diet will help against iodine deficiency
Iodine Plus a Dietary Supplement for pet birds. Designed to address Iodine deficiencies in birds.
Iodine is required for proper thyroid functioning.Iodine Deficiencies can result in difficult moults, poor feather condition, breathing & singing problems, inactivity & poor breathing.
Recovery of an iodine deficiency can be good, so long as iodine is added back into the diet of affected birds.
Ensuring your bird receives a Qsufficient amount of iodine, either in the diet or with a supplement, is the best prevention against a condition of iodine deficiency.
Directions for use:- Add two drops of Iodine Plus to one quart of clean drinking water. Use daily and as bird’s only source of drinking water. Safe for young & adult birds. Keep container closed before & after use.
