Sentences with phrase «hypovitaminosis a»

Mutations in six known canine retinal degeneration genes as well as hypovitaminosis E were excluded as causes of the disease.

Diets that are deficient in vitamin D3 will not allow proper calcium absorption (hypovitaminosis D).

Due to over supplementation, poisoning due to excess vitamins (hypervitaminosis) is more common these days than vitamin deficiency (hypovitaminosis).

Hypovitaminosis C or «scurvy» — Vitamin C is essential for building and repairing collagen.

Hypovitaminosis A in cats may exhaust vitamin A reserves of the kidneys and liver; affect reproduction to cause stillbirths, congenital anomalies (hydrocephaly, blindness, hairlessness, deafness, ataxia, cerebellar dysplasia, intestinal hernia), and resorption of fetuses; and cause the same changes in epithelial cells noted in other animals.

Full thickness shedding with raw or bleeding areas is clearly abnormal and may be a sign of bacterial or fungal infections, hypovitaminosis A (Vitamin A deficiency), burns or trauma.

«Hypovitaminosis can have repercussions, be it on breast cancer, vascular disease or metabolic syndrome,» she said.