FURTHER STUDIBS ON VITAMIN E AND SELENIUM IN BUFFALO-CALVES 1. STUDIES ON BLOOD SELENIUM LEVEL IN NATURALLY OCCURRING AND DURING EXPERIMENTAL INDUCTION OF WMD USING COD LIVER OIL IN BUFFALO- CALVES IN EGYPT

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Department of Veterinary Medicine Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University Giza.

Abstract

Whole blood selenium Level was found to be significantly low in calves naturally affected wits, NMD.
On inducing the disease experimentally among euaesing buffalo-calves, using cod Jiuer oh) (OIL), gradual decrease was observed in whole blood selenium levels in both CLO and CI plus vitamin E treated groups.
Inclusion of selenium and selenium plus vitamin Z to CLO treated groups, was accompanied with vradual increase in whole blood nelenitus level.

 4. One of unexpected finding in our etudy fe that selenium plays the same role of Vitamin-Z in protecting calves from dystrophic action of cod liver oil.

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