THE CONTENT OF PB AND CD IN FEED AND THEIR TRANSITION INTO MILK AT DIFFERENT PRODUCTIVITY OF COWS

Keywords: cows, milk, feed, heavy metals, lead, cadmium, transfer coefficients

Abstract

As a result of hostilities in Ukraine, the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and other man-made disturbances, a growing threat to the health of animals and people has arisen. An important role in this process belongs to the anthropogenic entry into the biosphere of heavy metals, which are highly toxic, have the ability to accumulate in the body of animals and people, and cause harmful effects even in low concentrations. Monitoring of feed and milk contamination with heavy metals (Pb and Cd) was carried out in agricultural enterprises of Zhytomyr region with different levels of cow productivity: PAF "Yerchyki" with a daily milk yield of 20–22 kg of milk and DPDG "Nova Peremoga" with a daily milk yield of 13–14 kg of milk. The type of animal feeding in both farms is silage-hay-hay-concentrate. Preparation of selected samples of feed and cow milk for determination of heavy metals in their composition was carried out by the method of dry mineralization according to DSTU 7670:2014, analysis – on an atomic absorption spectrophotometer "Kvant-2A". The results of the conducted studies on the content of Pb and Cd in average samples of fodder crops clearly indicate the presence of significant fluctuations in heavy metals within farms and feeds. High concentrations of Pb and Cd were found in roughage and sunflower cake and meal – 1.238–3.639 mg/kg and 0.199–0.404 mg/kg and 1.904–2.464 mg/kg and 0.408–0.908 mg/kg, respectively. In addition, alfalfa hay and sunflower cake and meal exceeded the MPC for Cd content by 1.35–3.03 times. Feeds prepared at the Yerchiky Agricultural Farm compared to the Nova Peremoga Agricultural Farm contain significantly higher amounts of Pb and Cd: in alfalfa hay – 2.42 times and 1.68 times, in barley straw – 1.23 and 1.21, in corn silage – 1.61 and 2.23, in alfalfa haylage – 1.24 and 1.56, in sunflower meal and meal – 1.29 times and 2.22 times, respectively. According to the results of milk analysis, in both farms, the regulatory requirements for Pb content were exceeded by 1.02–1.86 times and Cd – by 1.30 times (Yerchiky Agricultural Farm). The highest rates of accumulation and transfer of heavy metals from ration feed to milk were observed in the farm with higher cow productivity.

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Published
2025-03-14
How to Cite
Kovalova, S. (2025). THE CONTENT OF PB AND CD IN FEED AND THEIR TRANSITION INTO MILK AT DIFFERENT PRODUCTIVITY OF COWS. Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. The Series: Livestock, (1), 26-32. https://doi.org/10.32782/bsnau.lvst.2025.1.4