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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl) Agrotechnology, an open access journal
ISSN: 2168-9881 Agri 2017
October 02-04, 2017
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10th International Conference on
AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE
October 02-04, 2017 London, UK
Minerals bio-availability in soil, water, forage and dairy cattle at high altitude
Arup Giri and Vijay K Bharti
Defense Institute of High Altitude Research, India
In nature, a complex relationship between soil, water, plant and animal has been found due to specific characteristics of
the plants and interaction between different minerals. In India where dietary concentrations of fodder fed to the animals
are unknown or highly variable due to availability, season, location, forage, species and animal potentials, it is important to
determine mineral concentrations in animals’ region-wise, to estimate needs of livestock to obtain optimum productivity and
to assess the effect of mineral deficiencies on dairy cattle physiology. Limited information is available on the feeding practices
and mineral status of soil, water, forage, and animal’s blood in this high-altitude region. Keeping this in view, the present study
was conducted in Leh valley; situated at 3327-3575 meter altitude above mean sea level, to establish the relationship for different
minerals among soil, water, forage and dairy cattle to suggest dietary supplementation of area specific mineral mixture. Total
105 (soil), 210 (hand pump water, irrigation water, river water), 315 (forage- Spinacia oleracea, Triticum aestivum, Brassica
oleracea var. capitata) and 70 (blood sample of lactating cattle) were collected from seven different sites in the Leh valley. All
the minerals (Fe, Mg, Mn, Zn, Cu, Co and B) were estimated in the digested water samples by Inductively Coupled Plasma
Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The result showed that the levels of studied essential minerals are available in
sufficient amount in the various soil ecosystems and the mineral elements were below the optimum level, under the maximum
permissible limit in water sources. In the case of plants and in cattle body, most of the minerals showed the lower level. Based
on present findings, it was concluded that availability and the dynamics of mineral elements in plants and dairy cattle from
less to higher concentration in plants, and animals over the studied region. Therefore, further studies should elucidate the
bioavailability and strategic dietary supplementation of minerals for livestock.
Biography
Arup Giri is pursuing PhD since 2012 at Defense Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Jammu
& Kashmir; a high-altitude region located in the Trans-Himalayan range of India (3327-3575-meter altitude above mean sea level). He has the expertise on
several instruments like HACH Spectrophotometer for Water Analysis, Haematology Auto-Analyzer, Biochemistry Auto-Analyzer, Serum Semi-Auto-Analyzer, Urine
Analyzer, Ion-Analyzer, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Multimode ELISA Plate Reader, Gradient Thermal Cycler (PCR), Gel Electrophoresis, Inductively Coupled
Plasma Optical Emission of Spectroscopy (ICP-OES), Real Time PCR, Flow Cytometry, Ion Chromatography, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
etc. He is working on certain DRDO project related to improvement in animal health and productivity under high-altitude stress condition. His current research work
is now going on the studies on some heavy metals and trace minerals in drinking water of various sources and animal blood at high altitude and development of
remedial measures to ameliorate their effects on animal health. Now, he has been developed on technique to ameliorate the excess level of fluoride from drinking
water at high altitude region.
Arup Giri et al., Agrotechnology 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2168-9881-C1-028