Adult cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) at maintenance are more sensitive to diets containing excess vitamin A than to vitamin A-deficient diets

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1898-1902

  Koutsos, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Tell, Lisa A ^a   Woods, Leslie W ^b   Klasing, Kirk C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cockatiel; Deficiency; Requirement; Toxicity; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS; PANCREATITIS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETINOL INTOXICATION; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; VITAMIN INTAKE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS;

EID: 0037977054     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.6.1898     Document Type: Article

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