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Dietary Vitamin D Toxicity in a Household of Pot-Beliied Pigs (Sus scrofa) |
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| Authors: | Jeffrey Wimsatt Steven L Marks Terry W Campbell Jay D Johnson Raymond F Nachreiner |
| Institution: | Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO;Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
| Abstract: | Vitamin D intoxication developed in Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pigs ( Sus scrofa ) fed 2 commercially available swine rations. Pronounced hypercalcemia and a history incompatible with other causes of hypercalcemia led to confirmation of this diagnosis by plasma vitamin D metabolite analysis in 2 affected animals as compared to a control animal. Feed sample analysis suggested the diet as the likely source of toxicity. |
| Keywords: | Cholecalciferol toxicity Feed analysis Intact parathormone levels Vietnamese pot-bellied pig |