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Metabolic bone disease in lion cubs at the London Zoo in 1889: the original animal model of rickets
In 1889 Dr. John Bland-Sutton, a prominent London surgeon, was consulted about fatal rickets in over 20 successive litters of lion cubs born at the London Zoo. He evaluated the diet and found the cause of rickets to be nutritional in origin. He recommended that goat meat with crushed bones and cod-l...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20804612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1423-0127-17-S1-S36 |