Relation of Selenium, Vitamin E, and Other Factors to Muscular Dystrophy in Rabbits

    October 1961 in “ Experimental Biology and Medicine ”
    Janie Proctor, D. C. Maplesden, D. E. Hogue, J. K. Loosli
    TLDR Natural feedstuffs help reduce muscular dystrophy in rabbits more than selenium or vitamin E alone.
    Rabbits on a torula yeast, vitamin E-deficient diet developed severe muscular dystrophy, which was not prevented by adding 1 ppm selenium or dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate. Natural feedstuffs like wheat bran, linseed oil meal, or kidney beans reduced the severity of the condition and increased survival days, suggesting other deficiencies in the diet. All animals on diets without natural feedstuffs showed marked alopecia.
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