Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXVII, Issue 2
Written by Ioana POROȘNICU, Luminița-Iuliana AILINCĂI, Alina-Narcisa POSTOLACHE, Sabina NECULAI-VĂLEANU, Mirela-Adina ARITON, Mihai MAREȘ
The purpose of this study was to analyze the health status of dairy cows from a farm in Moldova. A total of 30 feed samples were analyzed from a mycotoxicological point of view, and 90 blood samples were collected from cattle of the BNR breed, which were biochemically analyzed to investigate the state of health. Adverse effects of mycotoxins are manifested in health, production, and reproduction in ruminants, especially dairy cows, and in the population. During the experimental period, regarding mycotoxin contamination of feed, the levels of mycotoxins investigated (AFL-T, FUM, and DON) did not exceed legal limits. From a biochemical point of view, the parameters that did not fall within the limits of the reference interval and showed a slight increase were represented by ALT, Gamma GT, and urea. All cows involved in the study were apparently healthy at the time of sample collection, but the resulting biochemical analyses suggest possible mild liver disease (by increasing above the normal limits of the previously mentioned parameters).
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