Selenium: an essential nutrient for animals and humans

Currently nutritionists are paying more attention to the value and bioavailability of trace minerals in humans and animal rations. One of the often-undervalued nutrients is selenium, especially since it is known that many parts of the world suffer from a natural selenium deficiency.   This article can also be found at World Poultry Volume 22 number 5. To view the article online simply click on the link below.   Keywords: Selenium, nutrition, poultry feed, trace minerals