Open AccessDietary Vitamin D Toxicity in a Household of Pot‐Beliied Pigs ( Sus scrofa )
Author(s) -
Wimsatt Jeffrey,
Marks Steven L.,
Campbell Terry W.,
Johnson Jay D.,
Nachreiner Raymond F.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of veterinary internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.356
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1939-1676
pISSN - 0891-6640
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1998.tb00495.x
Subject(s) - medicine , toxicity , metabolite , vitamin , vietnamese , physiology , zoology , food science , biology , philosophy , linguistics
Vitamin D intoxication developed in Vietnamese Pot‐Bellied Pigs ( Sus scrofa ) fed 2 commercially available swine rations. Pronounced hypercalcemia and a history incompatible with other causes of hypercalcemia led to confirmation of this diagnosis by plasma vitamin D metabolite analysis in 2 affected animals as compared to a control animal. Feed sample analysis suggested the diet as the likely source of toxicity.