TISSUE SELENIUM AS AN INDEX OF SELENOSIS IN BUFFALOS

Effect of chronic Se administration in buffaloes was studied. Selenium concentration in hair, blood and several other tissues was estimated. Hair was a convenient material for analysis for diagnosis of chronic selenosis. Even a fractional increase in hair Se would indicate initia tion of chronic selenosis. Effort has been made to correlate hair and blood Sc levels with the development of various symptoms. A high susce ptibility of buffaloes to Se poisoning might be responsible for severe symptoms of chronic selenosis in them which are quite similar to Deg Nala disease.