The requirement for natural sunlight to prevent vitamin D deficiency in iguanian lizards

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 342-348

  Laing, Christopher J ^a,b   Trube, Angelika ^a   Shea, Glenn M ^a   Fraser, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Cholecalciferol; Iguana; Iguanidae; Ultraviolet light; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; LIZARD; MALE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; CHOLECALCIFEROL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; IGUANAS; LIGHTING; LIZARDS; MALE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0038342942     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0342:TRFNST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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