Fluorometric Selenium Determinations in the Liver of Normal Pigs and in Pigs Affected with Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy and Liver Dystrophy

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Abstract
The selenium concentration of livers and kidneys in normal pigs and in pigs affected with nutritional muscular dystrophy (NMD) and liver dystrophy (LD) was determined. The kidney values showed great variation in normal pigs. The young pigs generally had the lowest levels. The liver values were less scattered. In NMD and LD the liver contained about 0.2 ppm of selenium on the average, whereas normal livers contained about 1.2 ppm. Kidneys showed corresponding differences. This is in good agreement with the favourable results obtained with selenium therapy.