Animal documentation
Source Male mice obtained from The Jackson Laboratory Basal Se-deficient diet: rodent torula-yeast diet containing 0.005 µg Se/g diet, supplemented with 100 mg/kg of all-rac-alpha-tocopherol acetate to ensure prevention of necrosis, and supplemented with 0.4% L-methionine to ensure adequate growth, provided ad libitum
Mice were housed individually in hanging-wire cages at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Photoperiod Not specified The animal protocol was approved by the Research Animal Resources Committee at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (protocol A005368)