Vet Visit
Scurvy in Cavies
By Rich Briones
Long ago, when humanity had just taken to the seas to voyage the world in the name of discovery and conquest, there was a dreaded disease that nearly took the lives of half of a ship’s crew. This maritime nightmare came to be known as scurvy.
In medical terms, scurvy is called hypovitaminosis C, with hypo meaning below and vitaminosis meaning a state of a certain vitamin’s level in the body. The term is then defined as a deficiency of vitamin C in the system.
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