Nutritional Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in the Horse
Nutritional Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in the Horse
Nutritional Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in the Horse
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2 Introduction and Object of Investigation<br />
2. To study <strong>the</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>uous changes <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> phosphorus, calcium,<br />
and alkal<strong>in</strong>e phosphatase levels <strong>in</strong> blood serum of horses suffer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
from experimental nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism <strong>in</strong>duced<br />
by imbalanced calcium-phosphorus feed<strong>in</strong>g ;<br />
3. To study <strong>the</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>uous roentgenologic changes <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
skeleton <strong>in</strong> nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism of <strong>the</strong> horse ;<br />
and<br />
4. To study <strong>the</strong> morphology of experimental nutritional secondary<br />
hyperparathyroidism <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> horse with special reference to <strong>the</strong> func-<br />
tional state of <strong>the</strong> parathyroid glands.<br />
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