Pages tagged with "Veterinary"
- Chinchillas are another furry animal which makes vitamin D from UVB
- Vitamin D recommended for all animals (FEEDAP does not say how much)
- Is HyD (25(OH)D) a better form of vitamin D for some animals and maybe humans with liver problems
- Vitamin D: calcium and bone homeostasis during evolution
- National requirement of vitamin D for pigs increased by 4X, (4X more than for humans)
- Lizard (brown sagrei) seeks more UVB if less Vitamin D in diet
- Feed chicken lots of vitamin D, get 6000 IU per egg with no change in production
- During brown bear hibernation Vitamin D3 decreases but D2 increases (surprise)
- Vitamin D reduced bacterial infection in cows – RCT
- Breed cows based on vitamin D production
- Piglets helped a lot with 40,000 IU on day 1, provided they did not have diarrhea
- UVB on legs of chickens resulted in 70 IU vitamin D per egg yoke
- Vets getting excited about vitamin D
- Veterinarians often giving more vitamin D than govt upper limit - 2012
- High-altitude associated with higher vitamin D and better bones (sheep in this case)
- Invertebrates use Vitamin D3 as well
- Rickets in Humans and domestic animals
- Tiger got surgery for hip arthritis – not much sun in the cage
- Piglets getting single dose of 40,000 IU of vitamin D gained more weight
- Omega-3 added to cattle feed increases the level in milk