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1 Trace Element Programme, Nutrition Group, AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Organic selenized yeast enriched with selenoamino acids or inorganic sodium selenate (Na2SeO4) was administered per os three times weekly as a drench for 133 d to previously unsupplemented cows that were grazing low Se pastures. Treatment groups received the equivalent of 2 or 4 mg of Se/d of either supplement form. Control cows did not receive a drench. Samples of blood and milk were collected regularly throughout the trial. Selenium concentrations in blood, milk, casein, and liver and glutathione peroxidase activity in blood and liver are reported as responses per milligram of Se intake. Mean blood Se concentrations in treated cows increased steadily and, by d 133, were 4.7 to 8.8 times that in controls. Selenized yeast was 2 to 3 times more effective than was Na2SeO4, and low Se intakes were 27% more efficient per milligram of Se administered than were high Se intakes at increasing milk Se concentration. Casein Se content mirrored that of milk; among all treated and control cows and throughout the trial, the molar ratio of Se in casein as a percentage of the Se in whole milk was constant at 71 ± 1.2%. The Se concentration in liver biopsies taken on d 133 was indicative of total Se intake during the trial and ranged from 920 to 3920 nmol of Se/kg of fresh weight. These results demonstrate the differing efficacy of organic and inorganic Se dietary supplements to increase dairy cow Se status and to enhance Se content of milk and casein.
Key Words: liver • glutathione Peroxidase • selenate • selenized yeast
Submitted on June 1, 1998
Accepted on September 23, 1998
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