In swine nutrition, little is known about vitamin requirements for reproductive processes and bone health, especially vitamin D. Supplemental vitamin D is usually added to animal feed as cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), which is transported to the liver and hydroxylated to 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25(OH)D3), and this metabolite has become commercially available for swine nutrition. Recently, the...

CONTEXT Hypovitaminosis D appears to be on the rise in young children, with implications for skeletal and overall health. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to compare the safety and efficacy of vitamin D2 daily, vitamin D2 weekly, and vitamin D3 daily, combined with supplemental calcium, in raising serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and lowering PTH concentrations. DESIGN This was a...

Background: During the first stage of fattening, performance cattle is more affected by high ambient load. A strategy to mitigate negative effects temperatures on energy efficiency monensin supplementation. However, present concern about use antibiotics as feed additives has led search for safe alternatives. Due its nature, essential oils and supplementary vitamin D3 represent a potential subst...

Adequate vitamin D3 by synthesis in the skin and from dietary and supplemental sources is essential for bone health throughout life. [1] Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults are the classic but extreme manifestations of severe vitamin D deficiency. Links have also been shown between poor vitamin D status and breast cancer, bowel cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, metabolic syndrome...

Oxidative stress plays a significant role in exacerbation of asthma. The role of vitamin D in oxidative stress and asthma exacerbation remains unclear. We aimed to determine the relationship between vitamin D status and oxidative stress in asthma exacerbation. Severe asthma exacerbation patients with 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-deficiency (V-D deficiency) or 25-hydroxyvitamin D-sufficiency (V-D suffic...

INTRODUCTION Appropriate vitamin D turnover is essential for many physiological function. Knowledge of it's function was improved in last two decades with enlargement of scientific confirmation and understanding of overall importance. In addition to classical (skeletal) roles of vitamin D, many other function (no classical), out of bone and calcium-phosphate metabolism, are well defined today. ...

Duroc-cross pigs (n = 25) were assigned to one of three experimental finishing diets containing 0 (control), 40,000 (40), or 80,000 (80) IU of supplemental vitamin D3/kg of feed (as-fed basis)to test the effects of vitamin D3 on pork quality traits. Experimental diets were fed for 44 or 51 d before slaughter, and days on feed were blocked in the experimental design. A trend existed for pigs rec...

A meta-analysis of primary prevention high-quality trials published in 2005 found that oral cholecalciferol (D3) in a daily dose of 700-800 IU or intermittently 100,000 IU every 4 months with or without calcium, should reduce both hip and non-vertebral fracture risk significantly compared to placebo. Trials that administered 400 IU vitamin D did not achieve fracture efficacy. Notably, there was...