Difference between revisions of "Hypervitaminosis A"

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Hypervitaminosis A (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)

Main lesions:
- Injury to growth cartilage -> premature closure of growth plate
- Osteoporosis
- Exostoses
- Osteophyte formation in prolonged exposure
In cats fed bovine liver for prolonged periods
- Rich in vitamin A in grazing animals
- Vertebrae fuse with each other due to bone proliferation - cervical spondylosis (ankylosing exostosis of the vertebral column), especially in the neck
Can also be teratogenic, especially in pigs (cleft plate and abortions)

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 [[Image:Hypervitaminosis A.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Hypervitaminosis A (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
 *Main lesions:
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 *Can also be teratogenic, especially in pigs ([[Cleft Palate|cleft plate]] and abortions)
-joints
-*May cause spondylosis of cervical vertebrae
-*Mainly on dorsolateral surface
-*Also in elbow and shoulder joints -> fixation of joint
-*May resolve with changes of diet
-[[Category:Joints - Degenerative Pathology]]
 [[Category:Bones - Metabolic Pathology]]
 [[Category:Toxicology]]