Benefits of Vitamin D

Vitamin d is important and the benefits of vitamin D is many. But perhaps not if you give it as vitamin D supplement.

Too much or too little of this hormone like vitamin can cause trouble in your dogs health. Especially if used wrong in growing pups.

Not all pups are alike so its especially the big and fast growing dogs you have to very careful about regarding vitamin d supplements.

Why its so?

This is one of the questions you can find the answer to on the resource page on vitamin d in dog nutrition

Benefits of Vitamin D in History

During many years the cause of Rickets in man has been studied. But it was only about 100 years ago the cause was found, isolated and named.

Sir Edward Lellanby did studies on dogs raised indoors in the early twenties. He came to the conclusion that rickets was caused by a deficiency in the diet.

He also found out cod liver oil was able to minimize risks of rickets.

And indeed one of the vitamin D benefits is to protect against rickets both in man and dogs.

In the mid twenties it was discovered in humans radiated with UV-light could produce "substance similar to fat soluble vitamin" and then 10 years later the chemical structure of vitamin D2 was discovered.

Vitamin D3 was unveiled late in the thirties.

Vitamin D Facts

Vitamin D Facts is were you will find out about the different kinds of vitamin D. You will find out why there is a Vitamin D2 and an Vitamin D3 and other short facts about the vitamin D benefits in dog nutrition.

Vitamin D Metabolism in Dogs

In this article I will describe how the absorption of vitamin D in dogs take place. How is vitamin D regulated and stored is important as well and will be touched as well.

If you want an birds eye view on Vitamin D Metabolism in Dogs this is where you find it.

Foods High in Vitamin D

If you would like to be sure to give enough vitamin D to your dog in the natural way. Where do you find calciferol the most and what about the sun light in dogs?

Before you decide to give any vitamin d supplements read Foods High in Vitamin D

Vitamin D Deficency

Yes I know--right spelled as "deficiency" but, if not enough vitamin in the food, what then?

This is not often seen in adult dogs, but in young dogs it is mandatory to have this information.

Vitamin D Deficency is the soft version and not that medical.

Skin Production of Vitamin D in Dogs

Can dogs produce vitamin D in their skin like humans? Many think so and see sunlight as being important for their dogs health.

Now we know that dogs can't produce vitamin D and you can find out this can be here om the Skin Production of Vitamin D in Dogs page.

Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms

Osteomalacia and rickets in dogs. You will get use full information here about the symptoms and what you should be looking after.

Can vitamin D deficiency cause fractures? Can it be corrected without any permanent harm done? This is some of the qustions you find information about on the Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms page

Vitamin D and Calcium

You can't think on vitamin d without getting calcium on your mind to. You can see how the relate to each other in the Vitamin D and Calcium article.

It is also the relation between vitamin D and calcium which is important in Vitamin D side effects.

Vitamin D and Immunity

Even if Swine Flu is gone and no longer a problem, Dog Kennel Cough is.

I became aware about the thoughts of vitamin D, and its importance in the immunity of respiratory diseases, during the swine flu period.

You can read about this and why vitamin D can be important in the protection of Kennel Cough in dogs in the Vitamin D and Immunity article.