Impact of Increasing Dietary Calcium Levels on Calcium Excretion and Vitamin D Metabolites in the Blood of Healthy Adult Cats.

BACKGROUND:Dietary calcium (Ca) concentrations might affect regulatory pathways within the Ca and vitamin D metabolism and consequently excretory mechanisms. Considering large variations in Ca concentrations of feline diets, the physiological impact on Ca homeostasis has not been evaluated to date....

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Main Authors: Nadine Paßlack, Bettina Schmiedchen, Jens Raila, Florian J Schweigert, Friederike Stumpff, Barbara Kohn, Konrad Neumann, Jürgen Zentek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4752475?pdf=render