Licht-im-Terrarium: Literaturdatenbank
Licht-im-Terrarium: Literaturdatenbank |
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McWilliams, D. A. (2005). Nutrition research on calcium homeostasis. i. lizards (with recommendations). International Zoo Yearbook, 39(1), 69–77. Added by: Sarina (2009-04-05 17:22:10) Last edited by: Sarina (2009-04-06 10:23:29) |
| Resource type: Journal Article DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2005.tb00006.x BibTeX citation key: McWilliams2005a View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: Englisch = English Keywords: Echsen = Lizards, Reptilien = Reptiles, Sehvermögen = Visual Perception, Vitamin D = Vitamin D Creators: McWilliams Collection: International Zoo Yearbook |
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This review presents information from a decade of nutrition research into calcium homeostasis in lizards, including non-nutritive factors essential to lizard nutrition; for example, ontogenetic dietary shift, microbial fermentation, environmental temperature, ultraviolet light and photoreception. Recommendations are made for possible nutrition research to be carried out in the future. These recommendations may be essential for the survival of lizards in captivity and include minimal vitamin and mineral supplementation, standardized ultraviolet light research, species requirements for spectral radiance, normative and pathological plasma indices, the relationship of gut transit time to diet, normative indices for growth and nutritional requirements, and development of an accurate method for identifying animals with, or at risk from, metabolic bone disease. KEYWORDS calcium homeostasis • clinical nutrition • lizard • metabolic bone disease • nutrition • vitamin A • vitamin D Added by: Sarina Last edited by: Sarina |