Did you know: Vitamin D helps reduce pulmonary tuberculosis symptoms in cows

Not only is the vitamin component in hand reducing the symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis in the human body, but a new finding shows that Vitamin D also promotes superior medical effects on animals, namely cows.

Before now, not only people but also tuberculosis in animals have been a problem. And tuberculosis at the southern European farm is an example.

The cows that live in this area have been infected with pulmonary tuberculosis from an infectious microbe from wild animals that live around such as wild boars, red deer .

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On the mechanism of promoting the effectiveness of medical value on pulmonary tuberculosis in humans, a team of researchers from Surver University conducted experiments to add vitamin D content to cows' diets. tuberculosis.

Meanwhile, a part of infected cattle fed normal diets and did not take trace amounts of vitamin D.

Unexpectedly, the results showed that cows with tuberculosis who received vitamin D had higher levels of Vitamin D in their blood and the symptoms caused by TB showed a marked, significant decline. Meanwhile, cows without vitamin D supplementation still develop normal TB symptoms.

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' This is a new medical discovery of vitamin D in animals, and more or less, this method will contribute to lessening the burden on animal farm owners who are facing infectious tuberculosis as well. like saving more money when treating TB-infected pets' - F. Javier Salguero, a veterinary scientist at the University of Surrey, said in a statement.

This study has just been published in the Journal of Veterinary Research Science.

Huynh Dung ( According to UPI)