DETERMINATION OF NUTRIENT COMPOSITION AND SOME MICOTOXIN VALUES OF THE CORN’s USED IN ANIMAL FARMS IN BANDIRMA

Bandirma has enterprises that perform both livestock activities and reduce the input costs by providing feed production. Corn is one of the rare feedstuffs used in almost all animal nutrition, especially beef and dairy cattle. It is important for meat and milk quality. In the study, 161 corn samples were obtained from milk and fattening farms. In the corn samples, mean OM, DM, CP, EE, CA, CF and ME levels were determined as 86,5, 87.80, 7.99%, 3.40%, 1.25%, 2.39% and 2922.73 Kcal / kg DM, respectively. Average nutrient content of the corn samples and the data set out of the ME levels Turkey are not very different from the average. In addition, aflatoxin, ochratoxin, zearalenone and T2 toxin levels were determined below the levels determined by the FDA in almost all corn samples analyzed by ELISA method. As a result, the corn's, which meets a significant part of the ration in animal nutrition, the sufficiency and deficiencies of the animal nutrition were assessed, and the findings obtained were found to be beneficial to the animal husbandry in the region