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Effect of dietary cholecalciferol deficiency on plasma thyroid hormone concentrations in rainbow trout,Salmo gairdneri (Pisces, Salmonidae)

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Diets deficient in vitamin D effected a significant increase in plasma triiodothyronine (T3) concentration in raibow trout (Salmo gairdneri); different levels of dietary calcium exerted no effect on plasma T3 levels. These effects of vitamin D deficiency on plasma T3 levels appeared to be reversible, vitamin D supplementation after a period of vitamin D deficiency lowered T3 levels. Vitamin D3, vitamin D2 and the metabolites 25(OH)-D3 and 1, 25(OH)2D3 were all effective in lowering plasma T3 levels; vitamin D3 appeared to be more effective than vitamin D2. There appeared to be a correlation between weight gain and plasma T3 concentration in the groups fed different types and levels of vitamin D supplementation suggesting that the increased T3 levels may be a compensatory increase to the reduced weight gain of the vitamin D deficient fish. Plasma T4 levels were not affected by dietary vitamin D deficiency.

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  1. Department of Zoology, College of Biological Science University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada

    John F. Leatherland

  2. Department of Nutrition, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada

    Brian J. Barnett, C. Young Cho & Stanley J. Slinger

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Leatherland, J.F., Barnett, B.J., Cho, C.Y. et al. Effect of dietary cholecalciferol deficiency on plasma thyroid hormone concentrations in rainbow trout,Salmo gairdneri (Pisces, Salmonidae). Environ Biol Fish 5, 167–173 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391624

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