Chronic Vitamin D Intoxication in Captive Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus).

To document the biochemical and pathologic features of vitamin D intoxication in lynx and to characterize mineral metabolism in healthy lynx, blood samples were obtained from 40 captive lynx that had been receiving excessive (approximately 30 times the recommended dose) vitamin D3 in the diet, and f...

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Main Authors: Ignacio Lopez, Carmen Pineda, Luis Muñoz, Ana Raya, Guillermo Lopez, Escolástico Aguilera-Tejero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4887036?pdf=render