Supplementation of Merino ewes with vitamin E plus selenium increases α-tocopherol and selenium concentrations in plasma of the lamb but does not improve their immune function

Supplementation of Merino ewes with vitamin E plus selenium increases α-tocopherol and selenium concentrations in plasma of the lamb but does not improve their immune function

Vitamin E and selenium have been reported to improve immune function across a range of species. Ewes lambing on poor-quality dry pasture in autumn in Western Australia are at risk of being deficient in vitamin E and selenium at lambing thus predisposing their lambs to deficiencies and increasing the...

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Main Authors: S. Sterndale, S. Broomfield, A. Currie, S. Hancock, G.A. Kearney, J. Lei, S. Liu, A. Lockwood, V. Scanlan, G. Smith, A.N. Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
supplementation
vitamin E
selenium
Merino ewes
immunity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731117002300

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