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OJVRTM
Online Journal of
Veterinary Research©
Volume 19(8):
572-578, 2015.
25-hydroxyvitamin D3, serum calcium,
phosphorus and parathyroid hormone levels in normal female and male horses.
Hoda Erjaeea, Mohammad Vahid
Sadeghi Sarvestanic,
Masoumeh Honarmandc, Saeed Nazifi*c
a,cSchool of Veterinary
Medicine, Shiraz University, bFars
Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Iran
ABSTRACT
Erjaeea H, Sadeghi Sarvestanic MV, Honarmand M, Nazifi S., Serum
25-hydroxyvitamin D3, calcium,
phosphorus and parathyroid hormone levels in normal female and male horses, Onl J Vet Res., 19(8): 572-577, 2015. We report serum calcium (Ca+), phosphorous(P), PTH and 25(OH)D3 concentrations
in 15 male and 45 normal female horses.
The horses were separated into groups with <20, 20-40 and >40 ng/L 25(OH)D3
levels.
There was no significant difference in 25(OH)D3
levels based on gender, or P and PTH values between groups. However, serum Ca+
levels were different in all groups and inversely correlated to serum 25(OH)D3.
Results suggest a relationship between serum calcium and 25(OH)D3
concentrations in healthy horses. 25(OH)D3
values were lower in horses compared with other species.
Key Words: Parathyroid hormone, Calcium,
Phosphorous, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3
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