Intestinal calcium-binding protein in animals fed normal and rachitogenic diets: II. Pig studies.
Experiments were carried out in pigs to investigate the relationship between concentration of intestinal calcium-binding protein (CaBP) and the presence of rickets. Pigs made rachitic by a diet deficient in calcium and in vitamin D had concentrations of intestinal CaBP no less than values obtained on control pigs. These experiments, together with earlier work on rats (Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 1975. 53, 137--143), demonstrate a poor inverse correlation between levels of intestinal CaBP and rickets.
D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D002118:Calcium / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D004386:Duodenum / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012279:Rickets / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D013552:Swine; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism
D011506:Proteins; D014807:Vitamin D; D010758:Phosphorus; D002118:Calcium