1. Iron Asseveration in Soil, Forage and Animals Blood and Feces Samples Collected from Different Districts of Punjab, Pakistan.
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Noorka, Ijaz Rasool, Khan, Bilal Ahmad, Ahmad, Kafeel, Khan, Zafar Iqbal, Nadeem, Muhammad Ather, Nawaz, Amer, Ahmad, Tasneem, and Bashir, Humayun
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ANIMAL droppings , *BLOOD sampling , *IRON , *SEWAGE , *FODDER crops , *GRASSLAND soils - Abstract
The man's existence is closely linked with animals in multiple use, to earn livelihood and even used as food. The fodder and forages are the major nutritional items along with other supplements. In Pakistan and sub-continent, the shortage of fodder and forages is very common particularly in kharif season because shortage of the fresh water resources. The waste water is manly passed down as supplemental irrigation source to irrigate field crops including fodder and forages. The studies showed the provisions of Iron (Fe) in feces, forages, soil, fodder and grazing animal's blood data collect from the Sargodha, Jhang, Layyah and Bhakkar districts of the Punjab. Five sites, three animal's (Cow, Sheep and Goat) and two origins (Blood and Feces) were selected. Standard samples preparation methods were worker to check occurrence of the heavy rock's metals in the forage and soil samples. The Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer was used to check Iron (Fe). The results revealed that Fe were found in safe limit, as per WHO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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