TABLE 1.

Body weight and plasma glucose and lipid concentrations of pigs fed 0.3 or 1.0 mg Se/kg for 6 wk (Expt. 1)¹

	Diet
	0.3 mg Se/kg	1.0 mg Se/kg	SE, mg Se/kg	P (time × Se)
Body weight, kg				0.7
0 wk	7.23d	7.24	0.43
2 wk	14.3c	14.3	0.91
4 wk	22.8b	23.3	1.74
6 wk	34.8a	35.3	2.02
Plasma glucose, mg/dL				0.1
0 wk	134a	189	16.8
2 wk	101b	106	5.64
4 wk	87c	93	3.3
6 wk	89c	90	3.2
Plasma cholesterol, mg/dL				0.3
0 wk	84.5a	79.8	3.49
2 wk	59.5c	42.2*	4.17
4 wk	65.3bc	64.4	3.55
6 wk	70.1b	70.2	3.62
Plasma TGs, mg/dL				0.9
0 wk	58.2a	46.3	5.41
2 wk	58.7a	42.2*	4.11
4 wk	40.6b	31.2*	1.68
6 wk	42.8b	31.1*	2.13
Plasma nonesterified fatty acids, μmol/L				0.8
0 wk	137d	175	23.0
2 wk	459c	413	44.4
4 wk	533b	512	74.6
6 wk	655a	766	110

¹Values are means, n = 6. Within a column, labeled means without a common superscript letter differ, P < 0.05. *Different from 0.3 mg Se/kg at that time, P < 0.05.