{"topic_id":"exotic_reptile_mbd","category":"exotic-pet-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_reptile_mbd\ncategory: exotic-pet-health\ntitle: \"Reptile metabolic bone disease — secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism from low Ca:P / no UVB\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Reptile metabolic bone disease — secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism from low Ca:P / no UVB\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_reptile_mbd.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 220\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Reptile metabolic bone disease — secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism from low Ca:P / no UVB\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/reptiles/nutritional-metabolic-and-endocrine-diseases-of-reptiles\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n# Reptile metabolic bone disease\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism is the most common bone disease encountered in reptile practice.\n> It is caused by poor diet (low calcium:phosphorus ratio, vitamin D 3 deficiency) or poor husbandry (lack of UVB light, inadequate thermal provision)\n> Treatment of critical cases requires fluid therapy, nutritional support, parenteral calcium therapy if hypocalcemic\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_reptile_mbd.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism is the most common bone disease encountered in reptile practice.`\n- `It is caused by poor diet (low calcium:phosphorus ratio, vitamin D 3 deficiency) or poor husbandry (lack of UVB light, inadequate thermal provision)`\n- `Treatment of critical cases requires fluid therapy, nutritional support, parenteral calcium therapy if hypocalcemic`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-health — Reptile metabolic bone disease — secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism from low Ca:P / no UVB (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-health","title":"Reptile metabolic bone disease — secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism from low Ca:P / no UVB","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/reptiles/nutritional-metabolic-and-endocrine-diseases-of-reptiles","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_reptile_mbd.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_reptile_mbd.txt","tokens_estimated":220,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}