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.