The influence of dietary selenium as selenium yeast or sodium selenite on the concentration of selenium in the milk of suckler cows and on the selenium status of their calves

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3371-3376

  Pehrson, B ^a   Ortman, K ^a   Madjid, N ^a   Trafikowska, U ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Milk; Muscular Degeneration; Selenium; Suckling Calves

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MILK;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MILK; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE;

EID: 0033251598     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.77123371x     Document Type: Article

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