04/06/2024
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐๐บ: ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Did you know that alpacas and llamas require higher levels of selenium than most ruminant species? A deficiency of selenium can lead to reduced fertility (for male and female), embryonic death, abortion, premature birth, stillbirth and weakness of the newborn cria. Selenium passes the blood-placenta barrier, so the cria is born with an adequate reserve of selenium. An important condition is that the dam is not deficient in this trace element.
Agricultural soils in many European regions are often deficient in selenium. To compensate for this, it ๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ก ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ข ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐๐จ. A daily oral supplementation leads to more constant blood serum levels, compared to injectable supplementation once every few months. When feeding Alpamin, it is by no means necessary to supplement extra selenium by injection.
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Illustration: ๐๐ญ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ข ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ, 8 ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ 1๐ฎ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ, ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ.