nutritional (redirected from nutritional hyperparathyroidism)

nutritional

pertaining to or emanating from nutrition.

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nutritional anemia

see nutritional anemia.

nutritional assessment

chemical analysis of ration ingredients or, more commonly, consultation of a table of approximate composition of feedstuffs.

nutritional deficiency disease

disease caused by a deficiency of a particular nutrient in the feed. Includes the micro- and macronutrients of minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates, fats and proteins. The specific diseases are described under their individual titles.

nutritional gill disease

caused by a nutritional deficiency of pantothenic acid. The gills of affected fish hypertrophy, show clubbing and fuse together causing interference with gaseous exchange.

nutritional gout

an excess of protein in the diet may cause visceral and even articular gout.

nutritional hyperparathyroidism

see nutritional secondary osteodystrophia fibrosa.

nutritional infertility

infertility due to a nutritional deficiency, principally caloric.

nutritional muscular dystrophy

see enzootic muscular dystrophy.

nutritional myodegeneration

see enzootic muscular dystrophy.

nutritional myopathy

see enzootic muscular dystrophy.

nutritional panniculitis

disease of cats, mink, foals and pigs associated with the feeding of fish offal, fish meal or rations containing high levels of unsaturated fatty acids. Palpable thickening and solidity of subcutaneous fat; may be associated with myopathy, gastric ulcer or hepatosis dietetica.

nutritional secondary hypercalcitonism

see nutritional secondary hypercalcitonism.

nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism

see nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism.

nutritional status

the state of the body with respect to each nutrient and to the overall state of the body weight and condition.

nutritional stress

the stress of inadequate nutrition of total nutrients.

nutritional supplement

addition of a nutrient to an existing diet to make good what might be only a temporary shortfall. May be made available in a salt or mineral mix or block, or may be mixed in with a feed or even in drinking water. For pastured animals other means are used but foliar dusting comes close to being a nutritional supplement.