Effect of supplemental vitamin E and selenium in high moisture corn diets on the incidence of mulberry heart disease and hepatosis dietetica in pigs.
Forty-eight intact male pigs were used to investigate the influence of source of protein supplement, corn moisture content, and supplemental vitamin E-selenium survived the cidence of mulberry heart disease, hepatosis dietetica and associated lesions. Pigs fed soybean meal-high moisture corn diets survived fewer days than pigs fed the other diets. None of the pigs fed torula yeast-dry corn or soybean meal-high moisture corn without supplemental vitamin E-selenium survived the 13 week trial. Supplemental vitamin E-selenium increased survival of pigs. A higher incidence of hepatosis dietetica, myocardial degeneration, skeletal muscle degeneration, and exudative diathesis was observed in pigs fed torula yeast-dry corn or soybean meal-high moisture corn than pigs fed soybean meal-dry corn. Supplemental vitamin E-selenium resulted in a reduction in the incidence of the above lesions by approximately 50% with the exception of hepatosis dietetica. Tissue selenium concentration did not appear to be related to the incidence of the various lesions.
D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D003454:Cryptococcus; D004032:Diet; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D012643:Selenium / Q000032:analysis; D013025:Glycine max; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014810:Vitamin E; D014867:Water; D015002:Yeast, Dried; D003313:Zea mays
D014867:Water; D014810:Vitamin E; D012643:Selenium