Review Article

Trace Element Supplementation of Livestock in New Zealand: Meeting the Challenges of Free-Range Grazing Systems

Figure 5

Effect of no treatment (◯) or subcutaneous injection of 60 mg Se as barium selenate (about 1 mg Se/kg LW) (●) administered to ewes 4 weeks prior to mating on blood Se concentrations of ewes (◯, ●) and their lambs (∆, ▲) from birth to weaning. Adequate Se status is indicated by blood Se >250 nmol/L [12].
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