Table 2.
Levels of selenium in serum and plasma measured by particular authors in their studies.
| Author | Sample Type | Number of Dogs | Breed | Age (Years) | Range (µmoL/L) | Mean (µmoL/L) | Method | Diet (Se Content) | Locality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liu et al. [31] |
full blood | 5 | X | 1 | X | 1.38 | HG-AAS | Greatly deficient | China |
| Ren et al. [32] |
full blood | 20 | X | 1 | X | 1.44 | Fluorometric | Greatly deficient | China |
| Viviano and VanderWielen [30] | full blood | 14 | various breed | 1–12 | 3.1–12.7 | X | ET-AAS | X | USA |
Se—selenium; X—information is not available; ET-AAS—electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry; HG-AAS—hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry.