Table 4 Serum biomarker concentrations in dogs fed a diet with a low or adequate selenium concentration

Serum Se (μg/L)

0

12

263

5.3

12

263

4.7

0.987

1

12

271

5.8

11

252

6.1

0.030

2

12

263

3.6

12

245

6.0

0.029

3

12

266

4.5

12

249

6.1

0.050

4

12

261

4.5

12

236

3.5

0.000

5

12

247

5.1

12

240

8.3

0.853

6

12

248

4.6

12

230

6.4

0.024

7

11

254

5.8

12

230

5.7

0.000

8

12

243

4.7

12

224

4.1

0.013

Serum GPx (U/L)

0

12

14884

383

12

15027

323

0.778

1

12

14754

355

11

14175

251

0.228

2

12

15274

353

12

14563

380

0.101

3

12

14726

309

12

14066

296

0.143

4

12

14215

315

12

13644

304

0.250

5

12

14421

304

12

14330

255

0.998

6

12

14968

287

12

14007

313

0.012

7

11

15052

349

12

14459

232

0.232

8

12

15755

375

12

14579

271

0.001

Serum CK (U/L)

0

12

76

5.6

12

75

6.1

0.912

1

10

79

6.3

10

75

5.2

1.000

2

12

73

7.2

12

72

6.7

1.000

3

12

84

10.7

11

75

5.9

0.965

4

12

61

7.7

12

58

3.3

1.000

5

12

45

4.4

12

54

5.2

0.837

6

12

60

8.8

12

51

4.6

0.858

7

11

52

3.8

11

56

4.5

1.000

8

12

52

2.9

12

54

4.0

1.000

Serum T3:T4

0

12

0.031

0.001

12

0.029

0.001

0.093

1

11

0.031

0.001

11

0.029

0.001

0.998

2

12

0.031

0.001

12

0.031

0.001

0.987

3

12

0.034

0.001

11

0.033

0.001

1.000

4

12

0.038

0.001

12

0.033

0.001

0.144

5

12

0.034

0.001

12

0.033

0.001

0.999

6

12

0.034

0.001

12

0.031

0.001

0.900

7

11

0.035

0.001

12

0.033

0.001

0.997

8

12

0.036

0.001

12

0.035

0.001

0.996

Serum Cu:Cu intake

0

12

15.8

1.0

12

19.3

1.2

0.033

1

7

32.1

2.5

8

22.8

3.5

0.985

2

8

21.4

1.5

11

18.2

1.0

1.000

3

12

23.2

1.6

10

20.0

1.0

0.944

4

11

26.7

2.2

12

20.2

1.3

0.919

5

12

17.4

0.8

12

14.8

0.7

0.999

6

11

16.4

1.0

10

13.5

0.7

1.000

7

8

17.5

1.0

6

13.1

1.0

1.000

8

12

19.6

1.3

11

15.4

0.7

1.000