Mineral status of soil, forage and livestock blood in Shadegan region of Khuzestan province | ||
| علوم و فنون دامپروری | ||
| Article 10, Volume 4, Issue 15, September 2015, Pages 81-90 PDF (969.19 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.22092/aasrj.2015.105925 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. Mostafa Tejrani* ; S.M. Hoseini | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research conducted to determine deficiency or imbalances of minerals in livestock of Shadegan region of Kuzestan province using prepared drinking water informations and data from analysis of soil, forage and blood. In this province, at first, different counties were explored regarding livestock density and then Abu Arabid territory of Shadegan county was designated as a region with the high livestock density relied on rangeland and marshland forages. Inside the marshland three samples each from typha, bulrush and reed grasses and inside the gasslands around the marshland three samples each from soil and saltworts in the northern, northeast and east directions, and three samples each from soil and shrubs of prosopis, tamarix and alhagi in the south direction were collected. In Shadegan region and around it, 30 blood samples from sheep, native cattle and buffalo during slaughtering or via jugular vein were collected. All of samples were analyzed for nutritive minerals or other related parameters. Ready water chemical composition showed an alkaline property near maximum tolerance, and salinity and total dissolved solids below critical level. Soil analysis showed significant deficiencies of organic matter, phosphorus, calcium and magnesium, marginal deficiency of zinc, high salinity, and medium to partly high alkaline property. Forage chemical composition expressed significant phosphorus and copper deficiencies and marginal deficiencies of zinc, manganese, cobalt and iodine. With blood mineral analysis, singnificant deficiencies of magnesium, manganese, iodine and selenium and marginal deficiencies of copper and cobalt were observed. Amounts of soil calcium, phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc and manganese were 8.2, 1.3, 35.6, 2.2, 1.2 and 7.0 mg/l, respectively. In forage, calcium and phosphorus amounts were 0.51 and 0.17 and iron, copper, zinc and manganese amounts were 156.7, 3.9, 18.5 and 36.3, respectively. In blood, calcium and phosphorus were 10.2 and 6.0 mg/dl and iron, copper, zinc and manganese were 168.4, 76.8, 91.7 and 0.51 µg/dl, respectively. The results of this research indicated that in livestock of the region under study it is likely to occur phosphorus and calcium deficiencies more than other minerals. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Minerals; rangeland; Serum; Sheep | ||
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