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Aquarium-fish nutrition — dietary vitamin C deficiency (“broken back”) and iodine deficiency (thyroid hyperplasia)

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Aquarium-fish nutrition

The text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).

> Inadequate dietary vitamin C can result in a condition called broken back disease by some farmers > Iodine deficiency can result in thyroid hyperplasia

Source: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_fish_nutrition.txt (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).

Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)

  • Inadequate dietary vitamin C can result in a condition called broken back disease by some farmers
  • Iodine deficiency can result in thyroid hyperplasia

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Aquarium-fish nutrition — dietary vitamin C deficiency (“broken back”) and iodine deficiency (thyroid hyperplasia)
Source document: Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)
Merck Veterinary Manualretrieved 2026-07-28

Verification file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_fish_nutrition.txt