Antioxidant status of dairy cows supplemented prepartum with vitamin E and selenium.

E, Brzezinska-Slebodzinska; JK, Miller; JD 3rd, Quigley; JR, Moore; FC, Madsen

doi:10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(94)77251-9

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Antioxidant status of dairy cows supplemented prepartum with vitamin E and selenium.

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Brzezinska-Slebodzinska E

Miller JK

Quigley JD 3rd

Abstract

Possible relationships among dietary antioxidants, oxidative status, and placental retention were investigated in periparturient dairy cows. During 6 wk prepartum, 16 cows each were given daily by capsule 1000 IU of vitamin E, 3 mg of Se, both vitamin E and Se, or neither (control). alpha-Tocopherol...

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