The demand for vitamin D analysis in veterinary species is increasing with the growing
knowledge of the extra-skeletal role vitamin D plays in health and disease. The circulating …

Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) are performed worldwide in the equine industry
to produce genetically valuable foals. Among them, ovum pick up (OPU) combined with intra …

The synthesis of vitamin D3 precursor 7‐dehydrocholesterol (7‐DHC) by microbial
fermentation has much attracted attention owing to its advantages of environmental …

Background Vitamin D deficiency is common in humans and is increasingly linked to the
pathogenesis of a multitude of diseases including obesity and metabolic syndrome. The …

Background Diet and endogenous vitamin D synthesis are possible sources of vitamin D in
wild rabbits. Higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) concentrations have been reported in …

Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among females. Genetic
polymorphisms might have a role in carcinogenesis. The aim of this study was to determine …

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that involved mainly for intestinal absorption of calcium
with the regulation of calcium/phosphorus hemostasis, bone formation and remodeling, and …

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with asthma development and severity of symptoms in
humans, but whether the same occurs in horses is unknown. We aimed to determine …

The origin of vitamin D 2 in herbivorous animals was investigated in vivo in sheep and in
bovine as well as mouse gastrointestinal tracts. A high concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D …

Rabbits kept under ultraviolet B (UVB)-irradiation respond with increasing serum vitamin D
(25 (OH) D) concentrations, but it is unknown whether irradiation of the animals or their feed …