O.S. Bezuglova1,2, V.E. Zinchenko1
1Don Zonal Research Institute of Agriculture, ul. Institutskaya 1, pos. Rassvet, Aksayskiy r-n, Rostovskaya obl., 346735, Russian Federation
2Academy of Biology and Biotechnology after D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, prosp. Stachky, 194/1, Rostov-na-Donu, 344090, Russian Federation
Summary. Increase in productivity in agricultural sphere of economics, in particular, the productivity of animal husbandry, is one of the primary tasks at the present stage of development of our country. This involves rational feeding. The use of biologically active substances, including humic preparations, that activate the digestive and metabolic processes in animal organisms, promoting the transformation of feed nutrients in available forms, raising daily milk production and weight gain, can play an important role to solve this urgent problem. The applications of humic substances in animal husbandry are diverse, but their use as feed additives is not developed sufficiently. The researchers in different countries demonstrated that the humic substances in animal body operated on the cellular and subcellular level, as they did in plants. They enter the cell and are involved in metabolic processes, contributing to the optimization of inorganic ions passage through the intestinal wall, thereby promoting the absorption of minerals, necessary for normal functioning of the organism. That is how the stimulating influence of humic substances on separate systems and on the organism is manifested. Humic substances from different natural materials were tested in different branches of animal husbandry (cattle, pig, poultry, fish breeding, fur-farming, etc.), and all the information received present convincing evidence of high efficiency of humates. Moreover, such materials as peat and brown coal, plant waste, biological humus can act as a source of humic substances. However, in each case, more research is needed, specifying the dosage and the schedule of their use.
Keywords: humic preparations, growth factors, animals.
Author Details: O.S. Bezuglova, D. Sc. (Biol.), chief research fellow, prof. (e-mail: Этот адрес электронной почты защищён от спам-ботов. У вас должен быть включен JavaScript для просмотра.); V.E. Zinchenko, Cand. Sc. (Agr.), director (e-mail: Этот адрес электронной почты защищён от спам-ботов. У вас должен быть включен JavaScript для просмотра.).
For citation: Bezuglova O.S., Sc.D., Zinchenko V.E. Application of Humic Substances in Animal Husbandry (Review). Dostizheniya nauki i tekhniki APK. 2016. V.30. No 2. Pp. 89-93 (In Russ.).