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Skeletal Abnormalities in the Hindlimbs of Young Cats as a result of Hypervitaminosis A

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HYPERVITAMINOSIS A causes extensive confluent exostosis formation of the cervical spine in adult cats1,2. It was initially reported that no juvenile osteodystrophy occurred in this disease1, but an abnormal hindquarter gait was described later in a group of young cats receiving large daily doses of vitamin A (ref. 2). No explanation of this abnormal gait was given and the condition was therefore studied further.

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CLARK, L., SEAWRIGHT, A. Skeletal Abnormalities in the Hindlimbs of Young Cats as a result of Hypervitaminosis A. Nature 217, 1174–1176 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171174a0

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