Table 1. Composition of Se diets.
| % weight |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Deficient Se diet (0.01 ppm) | Sufficient Se diet (0.23 ppm) | Suppliera | |
| Wheat (0.0154 mg Se/kg) | 70 | 57.4 | NMBU |
| Wheat (1.74 mg Se/kg) | — | 12.6 | NMBU |
| DL-Methionine (CA.10850) | 0.2 | 0.2 | Harlan |
| Torula Yeast, Lake States (Code 2184-55) | 13.5 | 13.5 | Harlan |
| Corn Oil | 5.0 | 5.0 | Fôrtek |
| Mineral Mix with Selenium Omitted (TD.80313) | 3.5 | 3.5 | Harlan |
| CaCO3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | Fôrtek |
| Vitamin Mix, Teklad (CA.40060) | 1.0 | 1.0 | Harlan |
| Sucrose | 5.7 | 5.7 | Fôrtek |
aNMBU, Norwegian University of Life Science, Aas, Norway; Fôrtek, Center for Feed Technology, Aas, Norway; Harlan Laboratories, Madison, WI, USA.