Selenium-enriched fodder yeast: production and application in stock breeding

Abstract

The growing market demand for selenium-containing food and feed products is accounted for by their vital role in ensuring normal life activities of humans and animals. This microelement displays antioxidant, immunomodulating and detoxifying properties; it is directly involved in formation of active sites of some enzymes. The shortage of selenium results in disbalance of metabolic processes, growth retardation, degenerative changes in organs and tissues, reproductive dysfunction.