Evaluation Of The Quality And Safety Of Environment, Feeds And Products In The Animal Farms Of Herdsmen Settlement In Altai And Tacheng Area

The Herdsmen Settlement Project in Xinjiang is one of important governmentalmeasures for improving nomadic people’s livelihood and realizing the transformationfrom traditional nomadic to modern animal husbandry. The quality and safety ofenvironment,feeds and products in the animal farms of herdsmen settlement inTacheng and Altai,Xinjiang were tested. The content of5heavy metals As,Pb, Hg,Crand Cd in the soil and water,the content of phoxim,deltamethrin,fenvalerate,clenbuterol hydrochloride and ractopamine in the feeds and meat weremeasured as well as veterinary drug residues such as avermectin,ivermectin,nitrofuran and tetracycline’s antibiotics were measured in the meat. The resultsshowed that content of As, Pb, Hg, Cr, Cd in the water and soil, and the content ofpesticides residues in natural pasture were lower than the national standard limits.There were neither veterinary drug residues nor prohibited materials detected in themeat. However,a part of pesticides in planted forage and grass were over the nationalstandard limits suggesting some potential risk harmful to the animal production inherdsmen settlement farms. It is necessary to take early controlling measures. Takentogether,the living and animal production in herdsmen settlement farms are inaccordance with reqirements regarding the quality and safety for animalproduction,which is in turn beneficial for improving the nomadic people’slivelihood,grassland ecological environment and the sustainable aniaml huabandry.