Rabinowitz, Leslie2018-03-052018-03-051994-08https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24151A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Medicine University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg for the Degree of Master of Science. August 1994This dissertation discusses the results of a group of experimental studies performed on chickens to show the effects of vitamin D status on vitamin D metabolism and the distribution of its metabolites in various organs. The chick was chosen as the experimental animal ( Norman 1990a as its vitamin D status can be easily manipulated and it appears that its vitamin D metabolism is similar to that in man.enCholecalciferolMetabolismVitamin DThesis