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. 1982 Sep 1;23(3):368–379. doi: 10.1186/BF03546788

Selenium Concentrations in Tissues and Eggs of Growing and Laying Chickens Fed Sodium Selenite at Different Levels

Selenkonsentrasjoner i organer og egg hos broilere og uerpehøns som har fått forskjellige mengder natriumselenitt i fôret

Knut Moksnes 1,, Gunnar Norheim 1
PMCID: PMC8295791  PMID: 7180782

Abstract

Growing and laying chickens were fed graded levels of selenium in the form of sodium selenite. One day old Norwegian bred broiler chickens and 20 weeks old Norwegian bred White Leghorn chickens were divided into 5 groups each and fed a basal diet supplemented with 0, 0.1, 1.0, 3.0 or 6.0 μg Se/g for 6 and 31 weeks, respectively. At the end of the experiments significantly higher concentrations of selenium were found in the groups fed 1.0, 3.0 and 6.0 μg Se/g diet compared to the control group. Correspondingly higher concentrations of selenium were found in egg samples. The increase in egg yolk selenium was much higher than in egg white. Significant correlations were found between the amounts of selenium added to the ration and the selenium concentrations in liver, kidney, breast muscle, egg white, yolk and homogenized egg. There were no differences in body weight gain and egg production between the groups. A possible positive contribution to animal and human health of selenium supplementation of animals’ diet above the required level is discussed.

Keywords: dietary selenium, tissue, egg, selenium concentrations, growing chickens, laying chickens

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