Vitamin B12

[Guest CS]

Vitamin B12  Essential for red blood cell formation and maintaining a healthy nervous system

This is an benefit to racing pigeons and improving the oxygen levels.

Use thursday friday with red cell.

Supplied in Whey, honey (bee pollen)

 

[Guest CS]

Vitamin B12: injectable versus oral Vitamin B12 is used therapeutically, both to correct vitamin B12 deficiency and for its apparent pharmacological effects. The vitamin is available in various forms for either oral or parenteral (typically intramuscular) administration. Preparations designed for sublingual or intranasal administration are also available, but they are relatively expensive and there is not much research on their use.  There appears to be some confusion among practitioners of natural medicine about whether oral or intramuscular administration is preferable for patients requiring vitamin B12 therapy. For the treatment of pernicious anemia, either method of treatment is acceptable. Although oral treatment is not common in the United States, as many as 40% of patients in Sweden with pernicious anemia are treated orally. Despite their lack of intrinsic factor and gastric hydrochloric acid, patients with pernicious anemia are capable of absorbing an average of 1.2% of an orally administered dose of cyanocobalamin._1 An oral dose of 100-250 mcg/day will maintain adequate serum vitamin B12 levels in most patients with pernicious anemia, although some patients may require as much as 1,000 mcg/day. Therefore, patients with pernicious anemia who are being treated with oral vitamin B12 are generally advised to take 1,000 mcg/day. For those with newly diagnosed pernicious anemia, some doctors recommend an oral dose of 2,000 mcg/day (or injections) during the first month, in order to replenish body stores. A year’s supply of 1,000-mcg vitamin B12 tablets costs under $20, which is less than the cost of going to the doctor’s office at least four times a year for injections. On the other hand, patients who are likely to be noncompliant with oral therapy should be seen regularly by a doctor and treated with intramuscular injections. When vitamin B12 is being used for its pharmacological effects, as in the treatment of fatigue, Bell’s palsy, diabetic neuropathy, subdeltoid bursitis, or asthma, intramuscular injections appear to be preferable to oral administration. Although there is little published research in this area, clinical observations suggest that orally administered vitamin B12 is not particularly effective against these conditions. It appears that supraphysiological serum concentrations are usually needed for vitamin B12 to exert its pharmacological effects, and that these serum concentrations can be achieved only with parenteral administration. Some writers have argued that vitamin B12 injections are unnecessary, citing a study that claimed oral vitamin B12 (2,000 mcg/day) produces higher serum vitamin B12 levels than intramuscular injections.2_ However, in that study, the serum concentrations were measured one month after the last intramuscular injection was given, whereas the oral doses were being taken daily during that time. Interestingly, although this study was published in a specialty journal (Blood), it contained the following disclaimer: “The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. This article must therefore be hereby marked ‘advertisement’ in accordance with 18 U.S.C. section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.” Although the study did confirm that oral vitamin B12 is effective for the treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency (including pernicious anemia), it did not compare oral and intramuscular administration with respect to their short-term (1-7 days) effects on serum levels. Consequently, this study cannot be used to justify the claim that oral vitamin B12 produces the same pharmacological effect as does intramuscular vitamin B12. In summary, experimental and clinical evidence indicate that either oral or parenteral therapy can be used effectively for the treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency. However, when vitamin B12 is being used for its pharmacological effects, in the vast majority of cases only parenteral administration appears to be effective.

 

 

I know its in use but would recommend members the research in pigeons has not been confirmed and  could be no better than oral method

[Tony C]

I give Cytacon (B12 liquid) every other day from pairing up till the hens lay out. Excellent source of Riboflavin which helps enrich the eggs.

[Guest shadow]

I give Cytacon (B12 liquid) every other day from pairing up till the hens lay out. Excellent source of Riboflavin which helps enrich the eggs.

 

very good product and easily available from any chemist

 

 

[Bilco]

I let my birds go ranging in the local meadows, They pick up a tremendous assortment of tiny slugs and snails, and derive their Vitamin B12 from digesting the meat in these molluscs  -  as nature intended  -  which is why a pigeon is equipped with a bile duct, to enable it to digest animal matter in addition to graniverous and herbal material.   A quarter of a (Cat) Droncal tablet once a year (or more frequently if required) ensures that no tape worms are cultivated within their visceral tracts.  Nestlings fed on slugs grow like nobody's business !  Try ringing a woodpigeon's young at 5 days, waste of time - legs too big - and try again taking them from the nest at 21 days - too late, they've already flown.

[Guest]

hi. can anyone tell me the amount of cytacon b12 liquid to add to drinking water ?

[OLDYELLOW]

10ML per litre of water for 1 to 2 days before basketing

[Guest]

thank you oldyellow.

[Guest bigda]

to activate b12 use it with linseed

[bluewhiteflight]

what do you mean bigda

[pjc]

A lot of supplements need something to activate them!

A lot of people use gloucosomine but don't know and arn't told you need to take vitamin C to activate it!

[bluewhiteflight]

ok thanks for reply i didnt know that

[Guest bigda]

what do you mean bigda

 

all things need a genetic key to activate and linseed is the activater for  b12   it changes the chemistry  so as to brake it down for the production of red blood cells.and to boost the pigeon

[bluewhiteflight]

thanks for that bigda

[Guest IB]

I think you need to be careful here: the article Craig posted is one on a single vitamin deficiency in humans, causing specific disease. The deficiency is also due to physical or chemical problems in the digestive system, and not due to some lack in the daily diet.

 

Generally, people (and animals) get all their daily vitamin requirements from their food, and they do not require supplements.

 

In animals at least, the gut bacteria also produce vitamins, which the animal's digestive system absorbs.

 

In my opinion, single vitamin supplements are also a waste of time and money. Why? There is a balance to be struck between them; the best example I can think of is A and D. Too much of one affects the performance of the other. So you are causing problems, not solving them. Multivitamin might be the safest way to go, if you 'believe' in that sort of thing.