SELENIUM CONTENT IN FEEDSTUFFS IN SERBIA

Samples of grain (134) and hay (24) from different regions in Serbia w ere taken from local farmers. The average Se concentration in all samp les was 30.4 mu g/kg dry matter (27.0 mu g/kg in grain and 49.4 mu g/k g in hay). Among the grains the highest Se concentration was in oats ( 66.7 mu g/kg), followed by soybean (36.0 mu g/kg), wheat (27.9 mu g/kg ), maize (21.7 mu g/kg) and barley (16.5 mu g/kg) Samples from Vojvodi na (grain and hay) Contained about twice as much Se (51.0 mu g/kg) as samples from other regions, but far from an adequate level. Feedstuffs grown in the Sjenica-Pester plateau were extremely poor in Se (8.8 mu g/kg).