Toxicological Screening of Forage Used in Cattle Feed in Order to Determine the Degree of Contamination by Pesticides

Abstract

Pesticides enter the body via the respiratory, cutaneous and oral. The oral route is predominant. Feeding animals with forage treated with pesticides that can be processed as a result of surface treatment during the vegetation, can be a potential cause of occurrence of severe toxicosis in animals. The purpose was to assess the quality of CFF feed type used in large and small ruminants raised on an intensive type farm, using toxicological  exams in order to determine pesticide pollution degree. There were collected and examined eight samples from four different categories of feed (sunflower shrot, CF 0-2 T2-steers, corn, soybean grist). From the total organochlorine insecticides nine chemicals were selected for toxicological examination: Aldrin, Dieldrin, Endrin, Chlordane, Endosulfan. From laboratory analysis it was found that in none of the eight feed samples were detected organochlorine compounds.