Dystrophic mineralization of the arterial fibrovascular tissue associated with a vitamin D hypervitaminosis in an 8-year-old female Alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

BACKGROUND: Prophylactic Vitamin D supplementation is a common practice in Alpaca breeding in many regions around the world. An overdosage can lead to dystrophic mineralization of soft tissues. In this paper we illustrate a suspected case of hypervitaminosis D in an 8-year-old female Alpaca. CASE PR...

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Autores principales: Tavella, Alexander, Stefani, Annalisa, Zanardello, Claudia, Bettini, Astrid, Gauly, Matthias, Zanolari, Patrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5160019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28018578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13620-016-0078-1

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