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Metabolic Bone Disease

Hedberg G. (2002). Hand rearing polar bears. In Hand-Rearing Wild and Domestic Mammals (L. Gage, ed.), Iowa State Press, Ames, Iowa

Species known to have taurine deficient related diseases

Description

Taurine is an amino acid that is essential in all mammalian cells

Low levels of taurine are associated with

Clinical Pharmacology

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Bears have a unique bile acid Urosodeoxycholic acid (UCDA) UCDA (3, 7-dehydroxy-5B-colanic acid)

Collection of Samples and Amount Required for Analysis

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