Sel-Plex® maintains small intestine integrity in reovirusinfected broiler chickens
Published:August 28, 2007
Summary
In 1974, when the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved selenium as a feed supplement, inorganic selenium, primarily as sodium selenite, became the traditional source for dietary supplemental selenium for poultry and livestock (Leeson and Summers, 1991). That decision in 1974 was based on cost of the selenium supplements and lack of information on selenomethionine, and it was ironic bec...