Nutritional metabolic bone disease in juvenile veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) and its prevention

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1923-1931

  Hoby, Stefan ^a,b   Wenker, Christian ^b   Robert, Nadia ^a   Jermann, Thomas ^b   Hartnack, Sonja ^c   Segner, Helmut ^a   Aebischer, Claude P ^d   Liesegang, Annette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Zoo Basel Postfach   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; RETINOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHAMAELEO CALYPTRATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; FOOD COMPOSITION; HATCHLING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BLOOD; BONE; CALCINOSIS; CHEMISTRY; COLON; COLON DISEASE; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; LIZARD; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NYMPH; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHAMAELEO CALYPTRATUS; CHAMAELEONIDAE; ORTHOPTERA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CHOLECALCIFEROL; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; DIET; GRASSHOPPERS; LIVER; LIZARDS; NYMPH; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 78149278739     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.120998     Document Type: Article

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