Selenium deficiency in cattle associated with Heinz bodies and anemia [Santa Gertrudis, grazing St. Augustine grass growing on a peaty muck soils, Florida]

Cattle grazing St. Augustine grass growing on peaty muck soils in the Florida Everglades developed anemia associated with the presence of Heinz bodies and suboptimal concentrations of selenium in blood. Selenium supplementation corrected the anemia, prevented Heinz body formation, increased the body...

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Published in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 223; no. 4635; pp. 491 - 493
Main Authors:	Morris, J. G., Cripe, W. S., Chapman, H. L., Walker, D. F., Armstrong, J. B., Alexander, J. D., Miranda, R., Sanchez, A., Sanchez, B., Blair-West, J. R., Denton, D. A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC The American Association for the Advancement of Science 03-02-1984 American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subjects:	Anemia Anemia, Hemolytic - drug therapy Anemia, Hemolytic - etiology Anemia, Hemolytic - veterinary Animal Feed Animal nutrition Animals Beef cattle Biological and medical sciences Blood Body Weight Calves Cattle Cattle Diseases - drug therapy Cattle Diseases - etiology Cobalt Heinz bodies Heinz Bodies - ultrastructure Hematocrit Hemoglobins Hemoglobins - analysis Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...) Physiological aspects Ranches Selenium Selenium (Chemical element) Selenium (Nutrient) Selenium - administration & dosage Selenium - blood Selenium - deficiency Selenium content Selenium in animal nutrition Soil chemistry Soils Veterinary medicine Vertebrata Mammalia Deficient diet Anemia Deficiency Body weight Heinz body Supplemented diet Artiodactyla Beef Selenium Ungulata
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Summary:	Cattle grazing St. Augustine grass growing on peaty muck soils in the Florida Everglades developed anemia associated with the presence of Heinz bodies and suboptimal concentrations of selenium in blood. Selenium supplementation corrected the anemia, prevented Heinz body formation, increased the body weight of cows and calves, and elevated blood selenium. This may be the first recorded example of widespread anemia in a population due to selenium deficiency.
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ISSN:	0036-8075 1095-9203
DOI:	10.1126/science.6691160