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Selenium enriched winter barley in a diet for fattening bulls: effects on the selenium content in meat and organs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

J F Cabaraux ,
J L Hornick ,
N Schoonheere ,
L Istasse  and
I Dufrasne
J F Cabaraux*
Affiliation:
Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege University, Liege, Belgium Experimental Station, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege University, Liege, Belgium
J L Hornick
Affiliation:
Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege University, Liege, Belgium Experimental Station, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege University, Liege, Belgium
N Schoonheere
Affiliation:
Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege University, Liege, Belgium Experimental Station, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege University, Liege, Belgium
L Istasse
Affiliation:
Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege University, Liege, Belgium Experimental Station, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege University, Liege, Belgium
I Dufrasne
Affiliation:
Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege University, Liege, Belgium Experimental Station, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege University, Liege, Belgium
*
Email: jfcabaraux@ulg.ac.be
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Selenium (Se) is a trace element of importance. In plants, Se is present on an organic form which is more efficiently absorbed than the inorganic salts (Fairweather-Tait, 1997). In human diets, meat and meat by-products could provide more than 30% of the daily Se intake. The aim of the present work was to assess the effects of the incorporation of Se enriched barley in a finishing diet for growing fattening bulls in order to improve the Se content in beef meat and organs.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2006 , March 2006 , pp. 47
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Copyright © The American Society of International Law 2016

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Fairweather-Tait, S.J. 1997. Bioavailability of selenium. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 51: suppl 1 S20-23.Google Scholar
Cabaraux, J.F., Hornick, J.L., Schoonheere, N., Istasse, L., Dufrasne, I. 2006. Effects of selenium enriched fertilizers on selenium content in feedstuffs and on the selenium status in a beef cattle herd. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, York, United Kingdom, 27-29 March 2006.Google Scholar