Current Advances in Selenium Research and Applications - Volume 1

• Selenium deficiency in Europe: causes and consequences - P.F. Surai, V.I. Fisinin and T.T. Papazyan
  1. Introduction
  2. Role of selenium in human health
  3. Meeting selenium requirement
  4. Selenium in soils and plants
  5. Plants as major sources of selenium for animals and human
  6. Selenium sources for animal and human consumption
  7. Different strategies to address selenium deficiency in human
  8. Conclusions
      References

• Selenium deficiency in Russia: problems and decisions- N. Golubkina
  1. Introduction
  2. Human selenium status in Russia
  3. Dietetic sources of selenium in Russia
  4. Improving selenium status in Russia
      References

• Selenium status in Ukraine: food for thoughts - S.D. Melnichuk and P.F. Surai
  1. Introduction
  2. Health status of Ukrainians
  3. Selenium status of Ukraine
  4. Selenium and radiation
  5. Conclusions
      References

• Selenium-enriched eggs: from niche market to main stream - T.T. Papazyan, V.I. Fisinin and P.F. Surai
  1. Introduction
  2. Selenium-enriched products
  3. Improving the image of the egg
  4. Selenium-enriched eggs as a route toward improving human selenium status
  5. Selenium-enriched eggs as functional food
  6. Conclusions
      References

• Analytical and technical considerations for selenium analysis in eggs, meat and milk R. Murphy and C. Connolly
  1. Introduction
  2. Stages of analysis
  3. Tissue analysis
  4. Conclusion
      References

• Analytical techniques for speciation of selenium in food and food supplements: state-of-the-art K. Bierla, J. Szpunar and R. Lobinski
  1. Introduction
  2. Speciation analysis for selenium in selenium-rich yeast
  3. Speciation analysis of selenium in meat and offal tissues
  4. Speciation of selenium in seafood
  5. Speciation analysis of selenium in eggs
  6. Speciation analysis of selenium in milk and in milk products
  7. Speciation of selenium in plants and samples of plant origin
  8. Conclusions and outreach
      Acknowledgements
      References

• Selenium modifies avian reovirus pathogenicity related to malabsorption syndrome - F.W. Edens, J. Read-Snyder and R. Somody
  1. Introduction
  2. Selenium influence on health of animals
  3. Selenium influence on host: virus interaction
  4. Influence of selenium on avian virus: host interaction
  5. Selenium, oxidative stress, and reovirus infection
  6. Reoviruses
  7. Avian reovirus infections in poultry species
  8. Selenium and immunological interactions during ar v infection in poultry
  9. ARV as an immunosuppressive agent
  10. Reovirus and immunoglobulin A (IgA)
  11. Apoptosis is a key to ARV pathogenesis in poultry
  12. Conclusion
      References

• Selenium, mycotoxins and other contaminants - M. Mézes and J.E. Dvorska
  1. Introduction
  2. Mycotoxins
  3. Other contaminants
      References

• Selenium and polyunsaturated fatty acids - A.C. Pappas and B.K. Speake
  1. Introduction
  2. Physiological roles of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  3. Interactions between PUFA and selenium
  4. Polyunsaturated fatty acids and selenium in maternal nutrition
      References

• Selenium in sheep nutrition K. Èobanová-Boldižárová, L Grešáková, Š. Faix, V. Petroviè and L. Leng
  1. Introduction
  2. Selenium metabolism in sheep
  3. Conclusions
  4. Acknowledgements
      References

• Selenium in poultry nutrition - V.I. Fisinin, T.T. Papazyan and P.F. Surai
  1. Introduction
  2. Selenium for breeders
  3. Selenium for broilers
  4. Selenium for commercial layers
  5. Optimal selenium forms in poultry diets
  6. Practical approaches to improve selenium status of poultry
  7. Conclusions
      References

• Selenium in pig nutrition - W.H. Close, P.F. Surai and J.A. Taylor-Pickard
  1. Introduction
  2. Selenium deficiency
  3. Establishment of selenium requirements of pigs
  4. Relevance of selenium in pig production
  5. Maternal effect on the progeny: organic selenium vs.selenite
  6. Selenium and vitamin E in boar fertility
  7. Selenium nutrition of pigs at weaning
  8. Selenium in grower-finisher swine and meat quality
  9. Selenium-vitamin E combination
  10. Selenium and iron injection
  11. Conclusions
      References

• Selenium for dairy cows: an update - S. Andrieu and D. Wilde
  1. Introduction
  2. Selenium deficiency
  3. Signs of selenium deficiency
  4. Supplying selenium
  5. Selenium metabolism in dairy cows
  6. Increasing selenium levels in milk
  7. Selenium transfer from dam to calf
  8. Selenium effect on reproduction and immunity in dairy cows
  9. Selenium in final dairy products
  10. Conclusions
      References

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