Metabolic bone disease in juvenile koalas (phascolartcos cinereus)
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2013Author
Pye, Geoffrey W.Gait, Sarah Catherine
Mulot, Baptiste
de Asua, Maria Delclaux Real
Martinez-Nevado, Eva
Bonar, Christopher J.
Baines, Stephen J.
Baines, Elizabeth A.
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife MedicineVolume
44Issue
2Begin page
273End page
279
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/24550002Abstract
Due to climate restrictions in parts of North America and Europe, koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) are housed indoors. Koala young (joeys) raised indoors are susceptible to the development of metabolic bone disease (MBD) due to a lack of exposure to natural ultraviolet light to themselves and their female paren....Type
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Copyright 2013 by American Association of Zoo Veterinariansae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1638/2012-0031R1.1
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