The objective of this study was to determine the effects of milk supplemented with Sel-Plex on thyroid hormones, rectal temperature, plasma glucose and cholesterol concentrations, and body weight in suckling calves. Ten Holstein suckling male calves of approximately 1 month of age were selected and randomly allocated to one of two groups and fed either unsupplemented milk (control) or milk supp...

Semen characteristics in boars fed organic or inorganic sources of Se were assessed in 3 experiments. Crossbred boars were randomly assigned at weaning to 1 of 3 dietary treatments: I) basal diets with no supplemental Se (control), II) basal diets with 0.3 mg/kg of supplemental Se from an organic source (Sel-Plex, Alltech Inc., Nicholasville, KY), and III) basal diets supplemented with 0.3 mg/k...

This study was conducted to determine the effects of vitamin E selenium ( Na2-SeO3) and organic selenium (Sel-Plex) on performance of broiler reared under chronic heat stress during summer season (30.043.5°C). A total of 180 one-day-old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to three selenium treatments, and two stocking density with two replicates of 15 birds each. The birds with a 3 x 2 factor...

A biological experiment of six weeks duration, followed by several laboratory investigations were carried out to study the effect of designer layer mash (DLM) containing full fat flaxseed, oil rich sardine fish, Holy Basil leaf meal (BLM), vitamin E and Organic selenium (Sel-plex), on haematology of layers. Both designer diet and BLM had significant effect on haematology of layers. They also ex...

Selenite (SeL) or selenomethionine (SeM) are the most common selenium (Se) compounds taken as dietary antioxidants to reduce oxidative stress. Because the public may frequently supplement Se compounds at high doses, the possible pro-oxidant effect of Se becomes a concern. SeL and SeM have entirely different pharmacokinetic effects based on dose-related cytotoxicity. Our laboratory has shown pre...

The objective of this study was to compare the plasma selenium (Se) concentrations of cows and calves consuming inorganic Se vs an organic yeast Se source (Sel-PlexTM, Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY). Mature cows were fed one of the two mineral treatments, which were offered freechoice with a targeted intake of 2 oz/ head/d. Each supplement contained equal recommended amounts of supplemental ...

Abstract Fifty cow-calf pairs were used to investigate the influence of trace mineral (TM) source on reproductive performance following embryo transfer. Cows blocked by BW and breed sorted into pens containing 5 pairs. Each group was randomly assigned one treatments: 1) Organic TM (OTM): 75 mg Cu from proteinate, 8 Co 105 Mn 3 Se Sel-Plex, 220 Zn animal-1∙d-1; 2) Inorganic (ITM): 255 sulfate, 2...