Vitamin K: history, metabolism, and nutrition in the horse
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Article Title | Vitamin K: history, metabolism, and nutrition in the horse |
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ERA Journal ID | 5178 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Skinner, Jazmine E., Cawdell-Smith, A. Judy, Biffin, J. Ray, Regtop, Hubert L. and Bryden, Wayne L. |
Journal Title | Animal Production Science |
Article Number | AN22319 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 04 Apr 2023 |
Publisher | CSIRO Publishing |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0816-1089 |
1836-0939 | |
1836-5787 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1071/AN22319 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.publish.csiro.au/an/AN22319 |
Abstract | Vitamin K (VK) has long been known for its essential role in blood coagulation. However, over the past decade, evidence has mounted for its intrinsic and essential roles in other functions within the body, including bone metabolism, calcification, brain development and glucose metabolism. Thus, VK should no longer be considered a single-function ‘haemostasis vitamin’, but rather as a ‘multi-function vitamin’. While current research has focused on its emerging role in human nutrition, the role that VK plays in other species such as the horse has not been well described, with most of our current understanding having been extrapolated from other species, especially rodents. This review assesses the current state of knowledge of VK as it pertains to human and animal nutrition, and, where data exist, its metabolism and nutrition in the horse is explored. Future research on the roles of VK as they pertain to horses, particularly extra-hepatic functions, is necessary. Such insight will allow a greater understanding of how VK is metabolised, facilitating the development of recommendations to assist in the health, growth, and longevity of horses. |
Keywords | animal nutrition; equine nutrition; menadione (MD); menaquinones (MK-n); osteocalcin (OC); phylloquinone (PK); vitamin K (VK); vitamin K-dependent proteins (VKDPs) |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300303. Animal nutrition |
300301. Animal growth and development | |
300999. Veterinary sciences not elsewhere classified | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
Agricure, Australia | |
University of Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/y9yyw/vitamin-k-history-metabolism-and-nutrition-in-the-horse
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