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Table 3 Selenium level in the diet fed to goats

From: Supranutritional selenium level minimizes high concentrate diet-induced epithelial injury by alleviating oxidative stress and apoptosis in colon of goat

Se (mg.kg− 1 diet)

Treatments

LC

HC

HC-SY

Background Se in diet

0.035

0.15

0.15

Added

0.115

-

0.5

Total level

0.15

0.15

0.65

  1. Goats were fed low concentrate (LC), high concentrate (HC) and HC plus selenium (HC-SY) diets for a period of 10 weeks. Selenium was supplemented as selenium yeast (SY) in powder form added to HC diet.