NWISRL PublicationsEffects of Excess Dietary Selenite on Lead Toxicity in SheepH.F.MaylandauthorJ.J.DoyleauthorR.P.SharmaauthorThe hypothesis that excess dietary selenite ameliorates lead (Pb) toxicosis in domestic sheep was tested. Twenty 6-8-yr-old ewes fed alfalfa pellets were assigned to the following treatments: (1) control; (2) 9.8 mg Pb/kg body weight (b.w.)/d as PbCO3; (3) 3 mg Se/anirnal/d as Na2SeO3?ยท5H2O; or (4) a combination of treatments 2 and 3. The gelatin-encapsulated salts were given orally. The study was terminated on d 104, by which time three animals in the Pb group and all five animals in the Pb + Se group had died. All remaining animals were slaughtered on d 104. Lead and Se concentrations were determined in six biweekly-collected blood samples and in soft tissues and bone. Sheep on the control and Se treatments had similar feed intakes, body weights, and tissue Pb levels. Those in the Pb + Se group had lower feed intake, but higher blood Pb values compared with the Pb group. Feeding either element increased (P < 0.05) the concentration of that element in blood, kidney, liver, spleen, and bone. Muscle-Pb concentrations were not affected (P < 0.05) by treatment. Selenium concentrations in kidney, liver, and muscle were greater (P < 0.05), whereas those in heart were less (P < 0.05) for the Pb + Se group than for the Se Group. Clinical signs associated with Pb toxicosis noted in other animals were not observed in the poisoned sheep in this study. Selenite did not protect sheep against Pb toxicity and likely served as a synergistic factor.AnimalMass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)1986Article

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