Table 1

Diet composition.

Ingredients (%)
RO+50Se
RO+84Se
LO+50Se
LO+84Se

Wheat
60
60
60
60
Soybean meal
20
20
20
20
Fish meal
3
3
3
3
Rapeseed oil
5
5
4
4
Linseed oil
0
0
1
1
Rendered fat
5
5
5
5
Soybean oil
0
0
0
0
Mono calcium phosphate
2
2
2
2
Ground limestone
1,85
1,85
1,85
1,85
Sodim chloride
0,25
0,25
0,25
0,25
DL-Methionine
0,4
0,4
0,4
0,4
L-Lysine
0,3
0,3
0,3
0,3
L-Threonine
0,1
0,1
0,1
0,1
Choline chloride
0,13
0,13
0,13
0,13
Manganoxid
0,00657
0,00657
0,00657
0,00657
Mikromin FKRA 30 *
0,15
0,15
0,15
0,15
Vitamin mixture**
0,08
0,08
0,08
0,08
Se-methionine rich yeast***
0,02
0,04
0,02
0,04

*Supplied (mg/kg of diet): Ca 315, Fe 75, Mn 60, Zn 105, Cu 15, I 0,75,

**Vitamin mixture provided the following per kg diets: retinyl acetate, 3.1 mg; cholecalciferol, 0.07 mg; DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, 38 mg; menadione, 2.25 mg; pyridoxine, 3.4 mg, riboflavin,9 mg; Ca-pantothenate, 12.5 mg; biotin, 0.19 mg, thiamine, 1.9 mg; niacin, 37.5 mg; cobalamin, 0.02 mg; folic acid 1.5 mg.

*** Organic selenium Yeast (BioLogics, Ultra Bio-Logics Inc. New O.S.Y. 2000X)

Rapeseed oil: Askim fruktpresse, Norway; 60% oleic acid, 20% linoleic acid and 10% alphalinolenic acid.

Linseed oil: Fedon Lindberg linseed oil, Norway; 26% oleic acid, 21% linoleic acid and 45% alphalinolenic acid.

Rendered animal fat (from ruminants (about 70%) and pigs (about 30%). Fatty acid composition: 26% palmitic acid, 18% stearic acid, 36% oleic acid, 8% linoleic acid. ForTek, Ås, Norway.

Haug et al. Lipids in Health and Disease 2007 6:29   doi:10.1186/1476-511X-6-29