Dehydration curve, fungi and mycotoxins in Tifton 85 hay dehydrated in the field and in shed

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Loreno Egidio Taffarel²  Eduardo Eustáquio Mesquita²  Deise Dalazen Castagnara²  Patrícia Barcellos Costa²  Marcela Abbado Neres²  Marcelina Bottoni Horn¹  Paulo Sérgio Rabello De Oliveira²  Cristiane Claudia Meinerz² 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná - UNIOESTE Centro de Ciências AgráriasPR ,Brazil

关键词: contaminants;    dry matter;    forage conservation;    microorganisms;    toxins;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-35982013000600003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study was to estimate the dehydration curve and occurrence of fungi and mycotoxins in Tifton 85 hay. The experimental design was randomized blocks in split plots with four replications and five levels of nitrogen (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 kg ha-1) in the form of urea, two regrowth ages (28 and 35 days) and drying hay in the sun and in shed. After harvesting, the grass was sampled four times (0, 8, 23 and 32 hours) to dry in the sun and twelve times (0, 3, 18, 27, 42, 51, 66, 75, 90, 99, 114 and 123 hours) for drying in shed, turned over daily. The fungi were identified after seeding and growth in three steps of haymaking (cutting, baling and after 30 days of storage). To verify the presence of mycotoxins, 20 samples, composed of hay stored for 30 days, were collected, of which 10 samples were from sun-dried hay and 10 from hay dried in shed. It took 32 hours to produce hay at field conditions, with water loss rates up to 6.10 g g-1 DM-h during the first 8 hours after cutting. The average loss of water in this period was 2.0 g g-1 DM-h. Hays dried in the shed took 123 hours and the dehydration rates were less than 0.5 g g-1 DM-h due to environmental conditions. There was a predominance of three genera of fungi: Fusarium, Penicillium and Aspergillus. The largest population was the Fusarium, followed by Penicillium, at the steps of baling and storage. The fumonisin mycotoxin was found at a higher concentration and there was no difference in fumonisin concentration in the hay dried in the sun and in shed. Although it brings no hazard to animal health, the production of aflatoxin and zearalenone was significantly higher in the samples of sun-dried hay.

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