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Selenium improves weight gain of beef calves
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California Agriculture 33(3):14-16.
Published March 01, 1979
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Summary
Although the effects of weight loss from selenium-deficient cattle is less dramatic than death caused by white muscle disease (also resulting from selenium deficiency), the economic loss can be severe. Treatments with injections of selenium have produced significant weight-gain increases in selenium-deficient areas.