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Selenium metabolism in the dairy cow: the influence of the liver and the effect of the form of Se salt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

H. W. Symonds ,
B. F. Sansom ,
Denise L. Mather  and
M. J. Vagg
H. W. Symonds
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG16 ONN
B. F. Sansom
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG16 ONN
Denise L. Mather
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG16 ONN
M. J. Vagg
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG16 ONN
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1. Six adult Friesian cows were given 75Se as either 75SeO32− or 75SeO42− intravenously. Five of the cows had cannulas in an hepatic vein, the portal vein and one carotid artery to enable the uptake of 75Se by the liver to be measured. Radioactive balance studies were carried out on two of the cows given 75SeO32− and two given 75SeO42−. A seventh cow was given an oral dose of 75Se-labelled barley and the excretion of 75Se in faeces, urine and milk was measured for 14 d.

2. After the injection of 75SeO32− plasma 75Se concentration decreased during the first 30 min with a mean half-life (t½) of 15.6 min. From 30 to 60 min after dosing the concentration of radioactivity increased to reach approximately 50% of the level present 2 min after dosing. Following the injection of 75SeO42− the 75Se was cleared with a mean t½ of 28.5 min during the first 30 min and plasma radioactivity increased only slightly during the next 30 min.

3. During the phase of rapid clearance of 75Se after the injection of 75SeO32− the hepatic venous 75Se concentration was approximately 5% lower than portal veous 75Se concentration. During the period when plasma 75Se activity was increasing the activity in hepatic venous plasma was 3% greater than portal activity. Of the 75Se cleared from plasma after injecting 75SeO32− 40% was calculated to be removed by the liver.

4. After intravenous dosing with 75SeO32− or 75SeO42− approximately 9.5 and 17.0% respectively of the dose injected was excreted in faeces and 10% in urine within 14 d. Almost three times as much 75Se was excreted in urine and 3.5 times as much in faeces during the first 24 h after dosing with 75SeO42− as after 75SeO32−.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 117 - 125
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1981

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