Investigating the Effect of Soil and Fodder Macro Elements on the Serum Levels of Macro Elements of Sheep Grazing in Pastures of Golestan Province
Subject Areas : Journal of Animal Biology
Jalal-e-din Khallizadeh
1
*
,
Mohammad Asadi
2
1 - Department of Soil Science, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
2 - Department of Animal and Poultry Nutrition, Golestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Gorgan, Iran
Keywords: Soil, Pasture fodder, Blood parameters, Ewe, Macro mineral,
Abstract :
Every year, many cases of clinical diseases caused by the lack of mineral elements in sheep are reported in Golestan province; while researches related to soil and plant elements and their interaction effects on livestock in the region are limited. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of soil and fodder macro elements on the serum levels of macro elements of sheep grazing in pastures of Golestan province. For this purpose, 50 soil samples, pasture fodder and sheep blood serum samples from 5 regions were collected and tested. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the amounts of organic carbon, phosphorus, magnesium and potassium of soil samples in case study pastures (p < 0.05), so that the highest amount of these elements was found in the pasture of Qoranaq. While the amounts of calcium, sulfur, sodium and chlorine in soil samples were not significantly different among different pastures. A significant difference was observed in the amounts of phosphorus, magnesium and potassium of plant samples in different pastures (p < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in the amounts of calcium, sulfur, sodium and chlorine in these pastures. A significant difference was found in the concentration of phosphorus and magnesium in the blood serum of grazing sheep in different pastures (p < 0.05), so that the concentration of phosphorus in the blood serum of grazing sheep in Qoranaq region was higher than that of sheep in other pastures, and also the concentration of magnesium in the blood serum of grazing sheep in Haji Goshan region was lower. It was from sheep of other pastures (p < 0.05). While there was no significant difference in the concentration of calcium, potassium, sulfur, sodium and chlorine in the blood of grazing sheep in different pastures. In general, the results showed that the amount of mineral elements of soil and pasture plants can influence the status of serum mineral elements of grazing sheep in Golestan pastures.
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