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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gunter, Stacey A.
• Beck, Paul A.
• Hallford, Dennis M.

Titel

Effects of Supplementary Selenium Source on the Blood Parameters in Beef Cows and Their Nursing Calves

Ist Teil von

• Biological trace element research, 2013-05, Vol.152 (2), p.204-211

Ort / Verlag

New York: Humana Press Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Over 2 years, 32 beef cows nursing calves in southwest Arkansas were randomly selected from a herd of 120 that were managed in six groups and were assigned to six 5.1-ha bermudagrass ( Cynodon dactylon [L.] Pers.) pastures. Treatments were assigned to pastures (two pastures/treatment) and cows had ad libitum access to one of three free-choice minerals: (1) no supplemental selenium (Se), (2) 26 mg of supplemental Se from sodium selenite per kilogram, and (3) 26 mg of supplemental Se from seleno-yeast per kilogram (designed mineral intake = 113 g/cow daily). Data were analyzed using a mixed model; year and pasture were the random effects and treatment was the fixed effect. At the beginning of the calving and breeding seasons, cows supplemented with Se had greater ( P  < 0.01) whole blood Se concentration (WBSe) and glutathione peroxidase activities (GSH-Px) than cows receiving no supplemental Se; cows fed seleno-yeast had greater ( P  ≤ 0.05) WBSe than cows fed sodium selenite, but GSH-Px did not differ ( P  ≥ 0.25) between the two sources. At birth and near peak lactation (late May), calves from cows supplemented with Se had greater ( P  < 0.01) WBSe than calves from cows fed no Se and calves from cows fed seleno-yeast had greater ( P  ≤ 0.01) WBSe and GSH-Px than calves from cows fed sodium selenite. Thyroxine (T 4 ), triiodothyronine (T 3 ), and the T 4 :T 3 ratio in calves did not differ among treatments ( P  ≥ 0.35). At birth, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) was greater ( P  = 0.02) in calves nursing cows with no supplemental Se than in ones with supplemental Se; in calves nursing cows with supplemental sodium selenite, IGF-1 did not differ ( P  = 0.96) from ones offered supplemental seleno-yeast. Selenium supplementation of gestating beef cows benefited cows and calves by increasing WBSe and GSH-Px. The use of seleno-yeast as a Se supplement compared to sodium selenite increased the WBSe of both cows and their calves without affecting the T 4 to T 3 conversion or IGF-1 concentrations.