Effects of vitamin D3 supplementation and UVb exposure on the growth and plasma concentration of vitamin D3 metabolites in juvenile bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-128

  Oonincx, D G A B ^a   Stevens, Y ^a   van den Borne, J J G C ^a   van Leeuwen, J P T M ^b   Hendriks, W H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bearded dragons; Pogona vitticeps; Reptile; Requirement; UVb; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MASS; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FACE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POGONA VITTICEPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIL; TETANY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LIZARD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; POGONA VITTICEPS; REPTILIA;

ANIMALS; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMINS;

EID: 77952011112     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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