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Histological, histochemical and ultrastructural changes associated with nutritional muscular dystrophy in selenium deficient lambs

Creator:

May, Eric Bruce

Abstract:

Thirty-six Suffolk ewes were randomly divided into two equal groups. One group received a selenium (Se) deficient diet, while the other diet contained sodium selenite at a level of 0.2 ppm Se in the total diet. All ewes were sampled for plasma glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and whole blood Se at...

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Dissertation

Full Text:

, the Se depri- vation of the ewe and fetus did not occur during the histogenesis stage of skeletal