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Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 42:57-64 (2006)
© 2006 American Animal Hospital Association

Case Report

Dietary-Related Skeletal Changes in a Shetland Sheepdog Puppy

Chantal J. McMillan, DVM, Dominique J. Griffon, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS, Steven L. Marks, BVSc, MS, Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine) and Glenna E. Mauldin, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology), Diplomate ACVN

From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine (McMillan, Griffon, Marks), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61802 and the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (Mauldin), School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803.

A commercially available, renal failure diet was used to manage suspected renal failure in a 10-week-old Shetland sheepdog puppy. Rickets subsequently developed, possibly from low phosphorous intake and an increased calcium to phosphorus ratio. Decreased dietary calcium in addition to decreased phosphorus may have played a role in decreasing bone mineral density. Lethargy, decreased long bone growth, angular limb deformity, and osteopenia occurred, but these signs resolved within 3 months with nutritional management.






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