Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/18.4.1957
Health status of cows fed maize silage covered with oxo-biodegradable foil
Piotr SZTERK
; Biological-chemical Laboratory, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Piotr DORSZEWSKI
orcid.org/0000-0002-2008-5078
; Division of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Małgorzata GRABOWICZ
; Division of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Lucyna PODKÓWKA
; Division of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Abstract
In agricultural practice, silage production uses pure, low density polyethylene foil. This foil, after use, becomes farm waste, having a negative impact on the environment. Instead of conventional foil, an environmentally safe biodegradable foil can be used, made from naturally occurring polymers or from synthetic multiparticulates, easily degradable by microorganisms. Silage covered with this type of foil should be safe for animal health. The purpose of the study was to determine whether oxo-biodegradable film could be used instead of conventional film in agricultural practice, to produce silage that is safe for the cows' health. Dairy cows were fed a partly mixed ratio (PMR), the component of which was silage made of whole maize plants, covered with oxo-biodegradable foil. The cow blood serum was marked for content of: glucose, total protein, cholesterol, triacylglycerols and enzyme activity: aspartic and alanine aminotransferase, γ-glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase and amylase. The total protein concentration in the serum of cows analyzed at the end of the experiment was higher than the commonly accepted normal values. The content of glucose, cholesterol, triacylglycerols and the activity of aspartate and alanine aminotransferase, γ-glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase and amylase was within reference limits. Feeding of silage from whole maize plants covered with oxo-biodegradable foil did not negatively affect the biochemical indicators of the cows' blood serum. The silage proved to be safe for the cows' health.
Keywords
dairy cows; health status; oxo-biodegradable foil; silage
Hrčak ID:
189831
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2017.
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