T. Saez et al., HEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL-CHANGES IN THE BLOOD OF EWES AND LAMBS AFTER SELENIUM AND VITAMIN-E INJECTION, Journal of Applied Animal Research, 9(1), 1996, pp. 51-60
The effect of barium selenate injection in sheep anal the administrati
on of selenium and / or vitamin E in lambs during the first days of li
fe on some haematological and biochemical parameters was studied. The
administration of barium selenate in sheep (50 mg / animal) 3 weeks be
fore the introduction of the males increases significantly (P < 0.01)
the GSH-Px activity during gestation and post-partum. Lambs born from
injected ewes had a higher GSH-Px activity (P < 0.01) in the first wee
k as well as three weeks later. Lambs injected with 3 mg of selenium a
nd 100 mg of vitamin E in the first week of life had high GSH-Px activ
ity 3 weeks later. The lambs injected with 100 mg of vitamin E in the
first week of life had GSH-Px activity similar to that of the control
group. Lactate dehydrogenase, creatine kinase, aspartate amino transfe
rase and haematological parameters were almost similar in all animal g
roups. The results show that barium selenate injection.