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lil fu fu girl · 09-10-2010, 07:50 PM

Excellent post

Thanks for posting the thread, and the link. The article was definitely interesting. I know that Vitamin D toxicity is one of the primary triggers for hypercalcemia.
The two products which mainly contribute to this are fish oils, added to foods, and rat poison which contains cholecalciferol. This form of vitamin D3, causes an increase in the calcium level such that mineralization occurs in the kidneys, blood vessels, stomach and sometimes the lungs, thereby killing the animal. I am curious as to how many cases have been reported, and whether the issues arouse from a particular batch of food?

If you come across anymore inforamtion Brit, please post.

09-10-2010, 07:50 PM	#15
lil fu fu girl No Longer a Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,410	Excellent post Thanks for posting the thread, and the link. The article was definitely interesting. I know that Vitamin D toxicity is one of the primary triggers for hypercalcemia. The two products which mainly contribute to this are fish oils, added to foods, and rat poison which contains cholecalciferol. This form of vitamin D3, causes an increase in the calcium level such that mineralization occurs in the kidneys, blood vessels, stomach and sometimes the lungs, thereby killing the animal. I am curious as to how many cases have been reported, and whether the issues arouse from a particular batch of food? If you come across anymore inforamtion Brit, please post.