{"id":7621,"date":"2013-05-22T09:49:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T17:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/?p=7621"},"modified":"2013-05-23T06:43:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T14:43:56","slug":"research-shows-additional-benefits-from-selenium-fertilizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/2013\/05\/22\/research-shows-additional-benefits-from-selenium-fertilizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Shows Additional Benefits from Selenium Fertilizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/files\/2013\/05\/calf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7626\" alt=\"calf\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/files\/2013\/05\/calf.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/448\/files\/2013\/05\/calf.jpg 210w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/448\/files\/2013\/05\/calf-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/448\/files\/2013\/05\/calf-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>When cows, sheep or horses don&#8217;t get enough selenium in their diet, it can contribute to a wide array of health problems including muscular dystrophy, abnormal pregnancies, and hoof issues. But selenium is a tricky nutrient for farmers to administer because it can be toxic even in small doses.<\/p>\n<p>Research by CVM professor Dr. Jean Hall has found that fertilizing livestock hay with selenium is a good way to prevent Se-deficiency without causing toxicity.<\/p>\n<p>Now new research by Dr. Hall, Dr. Jorge Vanegas, Dr. Charles Estill, and others has found that feeding recently-weaned calves selenium-fertilized forage for seven weeks increased their body weight, whole-blood concentration, and general good health.<\/p>\n<p>Because most Oregon soil is Se-deficient, hay grown locally, without selenium fertilizer, usually does not provide enough of the nutrient for optimal animal health.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vetmed.oregonstate.edu\/publications\/effect-feeding-selenium-fertilized-alfalfa-hay-performance-weaned-beef-calves\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When cows, sheep or horses don&#8217;t get enough selenium in their diet, it can contribute to a wide array of health problems including muscular dystrophy, abnormal pregnancies, and hoof issues. But selenium is a tricky nutrient for farmers to administer because it can be toxic even in small doses. Research by CVM professor Dr. Jean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1802,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3054,3051],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-and-staff","category-research"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DBMX-1YV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1802"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7621"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7641,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7621\/revisions\/7641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}