Ak. Srivastav et al., VITAMIN-D METABOLITES AFFECT SERUM-CALCIUM AND PHOSPHATE IN FRESH-WATER CATFISH, HETEROPNEUSTES-FOSSILIS, Zoological science, 14(5), 1997, pp. 743-746
The effects of vitamin D-3, 24,25(OH)(2) vitamin D-3, 25(OH) vitamin D
-3 and 1,25(OH)(2) vitamin D-3 were investigated on the serum calcium
and phosphate levels of freshwater catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis. T
he fish were injected daily intraperitoneally with these secosteroids
for 10 days. Blood samples were collected at day 1, 3, 5 and 10. Serum
calcium and inorganic phosphate levels were elevated by all of the tr
eatments except for 24,25(OH)(2) vitamin D-3.