{"topic_id":"exotic_tox_reptile_mbd","category":"exotic-pet-toxicology","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_tox_reptile_mbd\ncategory: exotic-pet-toxicology\ntitle: \"Reptile metabolic bone disease (MBD) — calcium deficiency / low Ca:P / lack of UVB; pliable jaws, fractures, shell abnormalities\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"RSPCA pet care advice (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/metabolic-bone-disease) — non-Open-Access; paraphrased derived fact summary per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3.\"\nsource_file: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/metabolic-bone-disease\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-04\ntokens_estimated: 97\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 3\n  passed: 3\n  date: 2026-08-04\nrecovered: false\npath: exotic-pet-toxicology/exotic_tox_reptile_mbd/01_exotic_tox_reptile_mbd.md\nsource_document: \"RSPCA — https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/metabolic-bone-disease\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"RSPCA\"\n  title: \"Reptile metabolic bone disease (MBD) — calcium deficiency / low Ca:P / lack of UVB; pliable jaws, fractures, shell abnormalities\"\nretrieved: \"2026-08-04\"\nref: \"RSPCA pet care advice (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/metabolic-bone-disease)\"\ndoc_type: \"animal-welfare-org consumer version\"\nneeds_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Source RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk) is © RSPCA and not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 all claims are paraphrased derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not verbatim quotations.\"\n---\n\n# Reptile metabolic bone disease (MBD) — calcium deficiency / low Ca:P / lack of UVB; pliable jaws, fractures, shell abnormalities\n\nSource: RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk), a copyrighted animal-welfare organisation. Per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3, the points below are paraphrased derived fact summaries: numerical values and proper nouns are preserved from the source, but sentences are rewritten and not quoted verbatim.\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Metabolic bone disease (MBD) is commonly seen in herbivorous lizards and chelonians and is associated with dietary calcium deficiency, a negative (low) calcium-to-phosphorus ratio, or lack of exposure to ultraviolet UVB radiation.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* MBD is commonly seen in juvenile reptiles.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Clinical signs include pliable mandibles, pathologic (pathological) fractures, and shell abnormalities in chelonians.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-toxicology — Reptile metabolic bone disease (MBD) — calcium deficiency / low Ca:P / lack of UVB; pliable jaws, fractures, shell abnormalities (retrieved 2026-08-04)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-toxicology","title":"Reptile metabolic bone disease (MBD) — calcium deficiency / low Ca:P / lack of UVB; pliable jaws, fractures, shell abnormalities","url":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/metabolic-bone-disease","retrieved":"2026-08-04","ref":"","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"RSPCA — https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/metabolic-bone-disease","verification_file":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/metabolic-bone-disease"},"source_document":"RSPCA — https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/metabolic-bone-disease","source_file":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/metabolic-bone-disease","tokens_estimated":97,"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."}