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Sugar glider nutritional osteodystrophy — fruit-only diets cause secondary hyperparathyroidism

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Sugar glider nutritional osteodystrophy

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

> Pet sugar gliders maintained on a mainly fruit diet containing few gut-loaded insects or other protein sources are very susceptible to nutritional osteodystrophy (nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism).

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

Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)

  • Pet sugar gliders maintained on a mainly fruit diet containing few gut-loaded insects or other protein sources are very susceptible to nutritional osteodystrophy (nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism).

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Sugar glider nutritional osteodystrophy — fruit-only diets cause secondary hyperparathyroidism
Source document: Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)
Merck Veterinary Manualretrieved 2026-07-28

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