Endocrinology · 1928 · 19 citations · 0 references
AgricultureAnimal SciencesZoologyAnimal WelfareHerd HealthOrnithologyAnimal HusbandryIodine DeficiencyIodine NutritionNutritional DeficienciesNutritional Deficiency DiseasesNutritional DisordersDietary Iodine IntakeDomestic Animals In LiteratureEndemic GoiterIodine BiochemistryIodine Deficiency GoiterIodine ExcessIodine ToxicityNutritional Deficiency Pathology
Review of Iodine Literature and Observations, with Particular Reference to Domestic Animals Although the cause and treatment of goiter in animals has in comparatively recent years engaged the attention of breeders and scientific workers, the disease has masqueraded under many colors and in many lands since ancient times. Vegitius in thefourth century observed goiter in draft animals and the Berber explorer, Leo Africanus, wrote lucidly of the goitrous and cowardly lions common to certain regions in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The effect of goiter in these animals was so marked as to perpetuate the old proverb: “Thou art brave as a lion of Alga, whose tail may be eaten by calves.”