Selenium in Animal Nutrition: Deficiencies in Soils and Forages, Requirements, Supplementation and Toxicity

Uttam Saha; Abioye Fayiga; Dennis Hancock; Leticia Sonon

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Selenium in Animal Nutrition: Deficiencies in Soils and Forages, Requirements, Supplementation and Toxicity

Uttam Saha, Abioye Fayiga, Dennis Hancock, Leticia Sonon

Published in International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 6)

Received: 27 October 2016 Accepted: 11 November 2016 Published: 27 December 2016

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Abstract

Selenium (Se), an essential nutrient for animals and humans, occurs as selenoproteins in enzymes. It is very important in animal nutrition because it functions as an anti-oxidant assisted by vitamin E. Se deficiency is a major problem which can be reduced or prevented by supplementation with inorganic or organic sources of Se. However, excessive supplementation and consumption of Se accumulating plants may lead to Se toxicity and animal poisoning. Minimal lethal dose for animals range between 1.5 to 8 mg kg-1 Se live body weight and maximum tolerable concentration of Se in forages is 5 mg kg-1. Se deficiency in animals also depends greatly on Se content of forages and soils. Se deficient soils contain less than 0.6 mg kg-1 and can be fertilized to increase Se content of forages or pastures for animals. Forages are classified as adequate, marginally deficient and deficient in Se and contain 0.2, 0.1-0.199 and <0.1 mg kg-1Se respectively. Silages can also be fortified with selenium to meet the requirements for Se in animals. The requirements of Se for animals need to be met to provide adequate animal and human nutrition.

Published in	International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijaas.20160206.15
Page(s)	112-125
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Selenium, Forages, Selenium Supplementation, Selenium Deficiency, Anti-oxidant, Selenium Toxicity

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Agricultural and Environmental Services Laboratories, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, Athens, Georgia, USA
Abioye Fayiga

Freelancer, Ibadan, Nigeria
Dennis Hancock

Department of Crop and Soil Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
Leticia Sonon

Agricultural and Environmental Services Laboratories, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, Athens, Georgia, USA

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