The effects of chronic dietary calcium supplementation on bone mineral density in ovariectomized beagles.
Oral calcium tablets were given daily for 180 days to ovariectomized Beagle dams (n = 4). Total serum calcium, and bone mineral content of midshaft femur were measured and compared to that of the controls (ovariectomized alone, n = 4). The bone mineral density was significantly higher in the calcium supplemented dogs (p less than 0.01).
D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000187:drug effects*; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008903:Minerals; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D008903:Minerals; D002118:Calcium