Table 2
Nutrient production and concentrations in manure and compost of broiler and laying hens
Contents | Daily production per head (g/head·d) | Moisture content (%) | Bulk density (kg/m3) | Nutrients | Concentrations (g/kg) |
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Broiler | Manure | 85.5a | – | – | VS | — b |
N | 12.9a |
P | 4.7a |
Compost | 14.8 ± 11.5 | 33.1 ± 9.3 | 257.3 ± 75.8 | VS | 157.0 ± 55.8 |
N | 29.8 ± 22.9 |
P | 8.7 ± 5.6 |
Layer | Manure | 116 ± 16.2 | 74.0 ± 2.3 | 998.0 ± 68.8 | VS | 175.2 ± 30.1 |
N | 13.3 ± 2.7 |
P | 3.9 ± 1.3 |
Compost | Deep litter | 52.8 ± 44.8 | 51.1 ± 11.8 | 462.7 ± 116.1 | VS | 333.3 ± 36.0 |
N | 19.5 ± 8.3 |
P | 5.5 ± 0.7 |
Drying | 35.4 ± 15.1 | 24.4 ± 2.2 | 431.7 ± 199.0 | VS | 642.5 ± 61.6 |
N | 29.4 ± 12.9 |
P | 13.8 ± 3.7 |
Simple static pile | 30.4 ± 7.6 | 39.1 ± 22.7 | 338.3 ± 90.3 | VS | 387.0 ± 148.3 |
N | 21.2 ± 8.1 |
P | 6.6 ± 1.8 |
| | Average | 35.9 ± 20.5 | – | 385 ± 131 | VS | 441 ± 166 |
N | 23 ± 9.6 |
P | 8.2 ± 4.0 |