Abstract
Evaluation of Selenium Source on Nursery Pig Growth Performance, Serum and Tissue Selenium Concentrations, and Serum Antioxidant Status
Highlights
Selenium is an essential mineral that functions as a cofactor for several enzymes that protect cells from oxidative damage from stress.[4,5] It is an important component of several selenoproteins that are important for all stages of animal production
Diets were fed in three phases and all contained 0.3 ppm added selenium
There were no additional differences in growth performance between treatments during the d 0 to 7 period
Summary
Selenium is an essential mineral that functions as a cofactor for several enzymes (e.g., glutathione peroxidase and thioredoxin reductase) that protect cells from oxidative damage from stress.[4,5] It is an important component of several selenoproteins that are important for all stages of animal production. Selenium deficiency may result in sudden death, pale muscle, liver necrosis, mulberry heart, and damage to lungs and gastrointestinal tissues.[5] selenium supplementation is important for animal production, especially in regions that use feed ingredients grown in low selenium soils. There are several selenium sources in either inorganic (sodium selenite) or organic forms [selenium yeast and hydroxy-selenomethionine (OH-SeMet)]; the differences between these products when fed to nursery pigs is not clear. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of selenium source (sodium selenite, selenium yeast, and OH-SeMet) on growth performance, serum and tissue selenium concentrations, and serum antioxidant status of nursery pigs
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