A Summary of New Findings on the Biological Effects of Selenium in Selected Animal Species—A Critical Review
Selenium is an essential trace element important for many physiological processes, especially for the functions of immune and reproductive systems, metabolism of thyroid hormones, as well as antioxidant defense. Selenium deficiency is usually manifested by an increased incidence of retention of plac...
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| author | Bozena Hosnedlova Marta Kepinska Sylvie Skalickova Carlos Fernandez Branislav Ruttkay-Nedecky Thembinkosi Donald Malevu Jiri Sochor Mojmir Baron Magdalena Melcova Jarmila Zidkova Rene Kizek |
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| description | Selenium is an essential trace element important for many physiological processes, especially for the functions of immune and reproductive systems, metabolism of thyroid hormones, as well as antioxidant defense. Selenium deficiency is usually manifested by an increased incidence of retention of placenta, metritis, mastitis, aborts, lowering fertility and increased susceptibility to infections. In calves, lambs and kids, the selenium deficiency demonstrates by WMD (white muscle disease), in foals and donkey foals, it is associated with incidence of WMD and yellow fat disease, and in pigs it causes VESD (vitamin E/selenium deficiency) syndrome. The prevention of these health disorders can be achieved by an adequate selenium supplementation to the diet. The review summarizes the survey of knowledge on selenium, its biological significance in the organism, the impact of its deficiency in mammalian livestock (comparison of ruminants vs. non-ruminants, herbivore vs. omnivore) and possibilities of its peroral administration. The databases employed were as follows: Web of Science, PubMed, MEDLINE and Google Scholar. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5ee70b9e05d45948ecda6977e2808ba2022-12-22T03:36:06ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1422-00672017-10-011810220910.3390/ijms18102209ijms18102209A Summary of New Findings on the Biological Effects of Selenium in Selected Animal Species—A Critical ReviewBozena Hosnedlova0Marta Kepinska1Sylvie Skalickova2Carlos Fernandez3Branislav Ruttkay-Nedecky4Thembinkosi Donald Malevu5Jiri Sochor6Mojmir Baron7Magdalena Melcova8Jarmila Zidkova9Rene Kizek10Department of Viticulture and Enology, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Valtická 337, CZ-691 44 Lednice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Biomedical and Environmental Analyses, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wroclaw, PolandCentral Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackeho 1946/1, 612 42 Brno, Czech RepublicSchool of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen AB107GJ, UKCentral Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackeho 1946/1, 612 42 Brno, Czech RepublicDepartment of Physics, University of the Free State, P. Bag X13, Phuthaditjhaba 9866, South AfricaDepartment of Viticulture and Enology, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Valtická 337, CZ-691 44 Lednice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Viticulture and Enology, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Valtická 337, CZ-691 44 Lednice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 3, 166 28 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 3, 166 28 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Biomedical and Environmental Analyses, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wroclaw, PolandSelenium is an essential trace element important for many physiological processes, especially for the functions of immune and reproductive systems, metabolism of thyroid hormones, as well as antioxidant defense. Selenium deficiency is usually manifested by an increased incidence of retention of placenta, metritis, mastitis, aborts, lowering fertility and increased susceptibility to infections. In calves, lambs and kids, the selenium deficiency demonstrates by WMD (white muscle disease), in foals and donkey foals, it is associated with incidence of WMD and yellow fat disease, and in pigs it causes VESD (vitamin E/selenium deficiency) syndrome. The prevention of these health disorders can be achieved by an adequate selenium supplementation to the diet. The review summarizes the survey of knowledge on selenium, its biological significance in the organism, the impact of its deficiency in mammalian livestock (comparison of ruminants vs. non-ruminants, herbivore vs. omnivore) and possibilities of its peroral administration. The databases employed were as follows: Web of Science, PubMed, MEDLINE and Google Scholar.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/10/2209seleniumantioxidantoxidative stressruminantshorsesdonkeysmetallomics |
| spellingShingle | Bozena Hosnedlova Marta Kepinska Sylvie Skalickova Carlos Fernandez Branislav Ruttkay-Nedecky Thembinkosi Donald Malevu Jiri Sochor Mojmir Baron Magdalena Melcova Jarmila Zidkova Rene Kizek A Summary of New Findings on the Biological Effects of Selenium in Selected Animal Species—A Critical Review International Journal of Molecular Sciences selenium antioxidant oxidative stress ruminants horses donkeys metallomics |
| title | A Summary of New Findings on the Biological Effects of Selenium in Selected Animal Species—A Critical Review |
| title_full | A Summary of New Findings on the Biological Effects of Selenium in Selected Animal Species—A Critical Review |
| title_fullStr | A Summary of New Findings on the Biological Effects of Selenium in Selected Animal Species—A Critical Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Summary of New Findings on the Biological Effects of Selenium in Selected Animal Species—A Critical Review |
| title_short | A Summary of New Findings on the Biological Effects of Selenium in Selected Animal Species—A Critical Review |
| title_sort | summary of new findings on the biological effects of selenium in selected animal species a critical review |
| topic | selenium antioxidant oxidative stress ruminants horses donkeys metallomics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/10/2209 |
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