Safety evaluation of vitamin A in growing dogs

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1800-1809

  Morris, Penelope J ^a   Salt, Carina ^a   Raila, Jens ^b   Brenten, Thomas ^c   Kohn, Barbara ^d   Schweigert, Florian J ^b   Zentek, Jürgen ^d  

^a WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c Mars GmbH   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dogs; Puppies; Retinol; Retinyl esters; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOG; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PUPPY; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84870033351     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512000128     Document Type: Article

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