Relative bioavailability of ultrafine sodium selenite for broilers fed a conventional corn-soybean meal diet.

ABSTRACT: The particle size of selenium (Se) sources could affect Se absorption and utilization, and thus it is hypothesized that the Se bioavailability might be higher in ultrafine sodium selenite (USSe) than in sodium selenite (SSe) for broilers because of USSe's smaller particle size. An experiment was conducted to investigate the relative bioavailability of Se as USSe relative to SSe for broiler chicks fed a conventional corn-soybean meal diet. A total of 504 one-d-old Arbor Acres commercial male broilers were randomly allotted to 1 of 7 treatments with 6 replicates per treatment in a completely randomized design involving in a 2 (Se sources) × 3 (added Se levels) factorial arrangement of treatments plus a Se-unsupplemented control diet containing 0.05 mg Se/kg by analysis for 21 d. The 2 Se sou

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6247847 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature