a poisoned condition caused by selenium, occurring esp in livestock as a result of the natural presence of selenium in plants and soil
Examples of 'selenosis' in a sentence
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Nevertheless, estimated values are not high enough to produce selenosis.
Roberto Hurtado-Jiménez, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey 2007, 'Evaluación de la exposición a selenio en Los Altos de Jalisco, México Evaluation ofthe exposure to selenium in Los Altos de Jalisco, México', Salud Pública de Méxicohttp://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342007000400011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In larger amounts it can be toxic (acute or chronic selenosis).
Henryka Langauer-Lewowicka, Krystyna Pawlas 2016, 'Selen in the environment', Medycyna Środowiskowahttp://medycynasrodowiskowa.pl/Downloads/File/2016v1/MS_2016-1_02.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both forms of selenosis significantly affected blood haemoglobin, packed cell volume, total erythrocyte count and total leukocyte count.
R. Kaur, S. Rampal and H. S. Sandhu 2005, 'CLINICAL AND HAEMATOLOGICAL STUDIES ON EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED SELENOSIS IN CROSSBREDCOW CALVES', Pakistan Veterinary Journalhttp://www.pvj.com.pk/pdf-files/25_3/127-133.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was no significant effect of selenosis on erythrocyte sedimentation rate and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration.
R. Kaur, S. Rampal and H. S. Sandhu 2005, 'CLINICAL AND HAEMATOLOGICAL STUDIES ON EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED SELENOSIS IN CROSSBREDCOW CALVES', Pakistan Veterinary Journalhttp://www.pvj.com.pk/pdf-files/25_3/127-133.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nevertheless, selenium toxicity (selenosis) causes problems for humans such as abnormalities of the nervous system, gastrointestinal problems and hair loss.
fatemeh yaghoobizadeh, mohammad Roayaei Ardekani, hossein zolgharnein 2016, 'Screening and identification of efficient strain in selenium oxyanions sorption inorder to biological wastewater treatment', Biological Journal of Microorganismhttp://uijs.ui.ac.ir/bjm/browse.php?a_code=A-10-31-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Average consumption was 30.9 ± 13.9 doses; 73 subjects provided follow-up data on selenosis symptoms at 2.50 ± 0.14 years.
Stacy B. Crane, John Steven Morris 2013, 'Selenium Toxicity from a Misformulated Dietary Supplement, Adverse Health Effects,and the Temporal Response in the Nail Biologic Monitor', Nutrientshttp://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/5/4/1024. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)