Effect of Increased Dietary Carbohydrate on Selenium Metabolism and Toxicity in Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri)

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition Vol. 113; no. 6; pp. 1241 - 1248
• Main Authors: Hilton, John W., Hodson, Peter V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD Elsevier Inc 01.06.1983; American Society for Nutritional Sciences
• Subjects: Animal Feed; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; carbohydrate; Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases; Dietary Carbohydrates - pharmacology; Freshwater; Half-Life; Kidney - metabolism; Liver - metabolism; liver copper; liver glycogen; Medical sciences; Metals and various inorganic compounds; renal calcinosis; Salmonidae - metabolism; Selenium - metabolism; Selenium - toxicity; Toxicology; trout; Trout - growth & development; Trout - metabolism; liver glycogen; liver copper; selenium metabolism; trout; renal calcinosis; carbohydrate; selenium toxicity; Vertebrata; Carbohydrate; Salmo gairdneri; Selenium; Pisces; Oral administration

Juvenile trout were reared on either a high available carbohydrate (HC) or low available carbohydrate (LC) diet supplemented with from 0 to 10 µg selenium per gram of diet for 16 weeks, to determine if excess liver glycogen deposition affected the metabolism and toxicity of dietary selenium. Trout r...