RE: [RC] Organic Selenium Yeast - Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M.
Just catching up, so beg pardon if the
question has already been answered elsewhere. Yes, selenium yeast is more
bioavailable and has lesser potential for toxicity than does the inorganic form
of sodium selenite. Until recently, selenium yeast was not approved by
FDA/USDA for use in equine feeds, so only sodium selenite was used.
Approval came through about a month or so ago, so its use will probably become
more prevalent in the premium quality feeds.
As far as I know, the only place yet to
purchase selenium yeast as a sole supplement (not integrated with other feeds)
is from Platinum Performance www.platinumperformance.com
. Good product, but not cheap. Probably still worth it IMO.
Diamond V Mills, the people that make Fastrack, also manufacture it, but aren’t
really set up to sell it retail in small amounts---I think the smallest amount
they really have available is a 600 mg/kg 100 lb bag. I’m trying to
get some more information from them, but they’re a bit overwhelmed by the
sudden interest from horsey people.
So far, I’ve only used the selenium
yeast supplement in a few Se-deficient horses in the practice, but were very
pleased with the results.
JMO.
Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bonnie Snodgrass Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005
3:43 AM To: Ridecamp Subject: [RC] Organic Selenium
Yeast
I sent this out to ridecamp once but
didn't see it posted so I'm trying again.
Does anyone know of an equine
selenium supplement that is based on organic selenium derived from yeast rather
than the commonly used selenium selenite?
Triple Crown feeds are now using the
organic Se in their feeds and I have read that this is a much more readily
absorbed or utilized form of selenium. Any opinions either way?
