| Abstract: | In the period from January 1983 to December 1985 we examined thirty-five samples of commercial feed mixtures for pigs and thirty samples of pigsty dust deposition from large pig-houses in a region with extensive mining (lignite extraction) situated in the Hodonín district. In comparison with the contents of contaminants in the feed mixtures over the period from January 1983 (1/83) to June 1984 (6/84), the zinc and lindane concentrations increased to 213.3% (P less than 0.01) and 133.3%, respectively, from July 1984 (7/84) to December 1985 (12/85). The concentrations of copper, manganese, lead, cadmium, mercury (P less than 0.05), DDT (P less than 0.01) and aflatoxin B1 in the feed mixtures decreased. The highest permissible amount of contaminants in the feed mixtures was exceeded in the 1/83-6/84 period in cadmium (limit value 0.3 mg per kg) and mercury (limit value 0.1 mg per kg), in the 7/84-12/85 period only in zinc (limit value 250 mg per kg). In comparison with the values of contaminants in pigsty dust deposition recorded from January 1983 to June 1984, the lead concentration increased to 555.5% in the 7/84-12/85 period, lindane concentration rose to 569.0% (P less than 0.01), zinc concentration to 220.5% (P less than 0.01), the copper, manganese, cadmium, mercury concentrations (P less than 0.05) decreased, and the concentrations of DDT, aflatoxin B1 and polychlorinated biphenyls also dropped. It is desirable to evaluate in regular intervals the spectrum of contaminants both in feed mixtures and in pigsty dust deposition and to monitor other potential sources of contaminants in the pig-houses. |
