AGWAY DAIRY AND BEEF FEEDS
NOW CONTAIN SELENIUM
Effective January 29, Agway began adding
selenium to all of its dairy and beef feeds. This
followed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s
January 26 clearance of selenium for such
products.
Selenium is added as sodium selenite, which is the
most biologically available form of supplemental
selenium, according to Dr. John W. Peters, Agway
animal nutritionist.
The nutritional value of selenium has recently been
established. Some of the more commonly observed
symptoms of selenium deficiency are white muscle
disease, liver necrosis and sudden death. In dairy
cattle, the lack of selenium has further been
associated with a higher-than normal incidence of
retained placenta, Dr. Peters said.
"With the addition of selenium to all Agway dairy
and beef feeds, the problem of selenium deficiency
actual or marginal has been greatly reduced,”
Dr. Peters said.
our Agway dairy enterprise serviceperson or your
Agway Store or Representative for dairy & livestock
i and feeding programs.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 3,
AGWA