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Boron deficiency (medicine)
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<p>Boron deficiency is a <a href="/facts/Pathology/U9b18LJG">pathology</a> which may occur in <a href="/facts/Animal/4b8J33nd">animals</a> due to a lack of <a href="/facts/Boron/Pmwgd7Mf">boron</a>. A report given by E. Wayne Johnson et al. at the 2005 Alan D. Leman Swine Conference suggests that boron deficiency produces <a href="/facts/Osteochondrosis/tveqj7y6">osteochondrosis</a> in <a href="/facts/Swine/r8rtDBIH">swine</a> that is correctable by addition of 50 <a href="/facts/Parts_per_million/PozRuoLM">ppm</a> of boron to the diet. The tolerable daily intake (TDI) set by the World Health Organization (WHO) is 0.17 mg/kg of body weight for humans. </p>