National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Vitamin D, a steroid also classified as a hormone is well known for its crucial role in bone health through calcium-phosphorus metabolism. Over time, after enormous studies, researchers have successfully established that vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risk of disease conditions like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, infectious diseases etc. in humans. Similarly, veterinary studies carried out in dogs found Vitamin D deficiency associated with increased risk of pathological conditions; thereby interfering with good quality of life in dogs. Unlike humans, dogs entirely depend on their diet to fulfil their Vitamin D requirements due to inadequate cutaneous synthesis of Vitamin D. This paper documents the sources, metabolism, various non-bone related roles of Vitamin D, its serum concentrations, and the recommended levels in a diet from the available publications in view to put emphasis on the necessity to improve Vitamin D status of dogs in India, who are being fed homemade diet.
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