NOT THOUGHT HAZARD
When the see of the trace element, selenium was being discussed at the Massey College sheepfarmers' conference this week It was natural that a question should be asked about the accumulation of residues in the treated animal’s body. It was, however, reassuring to bear from Mr K. D. Andrews, of the Wsllacevflle Animal Research Station, that from analytical work carried out at the station use of selenium at recommended
dosages should present very little hazard. Mr T. G. Robertson, a biometrician of the farm advisory division of the Department of Agriculture in Wellington, said that in the department's trials the monthly dose rate had been reduced from five milligrams in the first year to one milligram last year. He also emphasised that selenium was being used to supply a deficiency in the animal body and so was less likely to constitute a problem.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29554, 1 July 1961, Page 6
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