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Metabolic Disorders
Metabolic Disorders Introduction
Overview of Metabolic Disorders
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Chapters in Metabolic Disorders
  • Metabolic Disorders Introduction
  • Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
  • Disorders of Calcium Metabolism
  • Disorders of Magnesium Metabolism
  • Disorders of Phosphorus Metabolism
  • Disorders of Potassium Metabolism
  • Equine Metabolic Syndrome
  • Fatigue and Exercise
  • Fever of Unknown Origin
  • Hepatic Lipidosis
  • Ketosis in Cattle
  • Malignant Hyperthermia
  • Transport Tetany in Ruminants
Topics in Metabolic Disorders Introduction
  • Overview of Metabolic Disorders
  • Metabolic Storage Disorders and Inborn Errors of Metabolism
  • Production-related Metabolic Disorders
     
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    Overview of Metabolic Disorders

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    Metabolic diseases may be inherited or acquired, the latter being more common and significant. Metabolic diseases are clinically important because they affect energy production or damage tissues critical for survival.

    Last full review/revision July 2011 by George M. Barrington, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

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