The advantages of the use of vitamin E and selenium for the prevention and therapy of porcine stress syndrome |
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| Authors: | T H?nichen K Heinritzi W Bollwahn H M Blendl |
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| Institution: | Institut für Tierpathologie der Universit?t München. |
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| Abstract: | In a feeding trial lasting for months Halothane-positive fattening pigs were put on a diet containing different concentrations of vitamin E and selenium. After a Myostress application vitamin E and selenium were additionally injected in order to examine stress resistance (CK-test) and regenerative capacity (histological examination of Musculus longissimus dorsi) of skeletal muscle. The study revealed that neither high dietary levels of vitamin E/selenium nor a vitamin E/selenium treatment applied after stress are capable of preventing stress related myopathy nor can they influence its healing up favourably. |
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