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Table 7.1. Estimated typical manure characteristics as excreted by meat producing livestock and poultry. (Source: ASABE Standard D384.2.)
Volatile
solids
Assumed
finishing time
period (days)
Total solids
COD
BOD
N
P
K
Animal type and
production grouping
Total manure
(kg per finished animal)
Moisture
(% w.b.)
(kg per finished animal)
Beef
Finishing cattle
4500
92
360
290
300
67
25
3.3
17.1
153
Swine
Nursery pig (12.5 kg)
48
90
4.8
4.0
4.4
1.5
0.41
0.068
0.16
36
Grow-finish (70 kg)
560
90
56
45
47
17
4.7
0.76
2.0
120
Poultry
Broiler
4.9
74
1.3
0.95
1.05
0.30
0.053
0.016
0.031
48
Turkey (male)
36
74
9.2
7.4
8.5
2.4
0.55
0.16
0.26
133
Turkey (females)
17
74
4.4
3.5
4.0
1.1
0.26
0.074
0.11
105
Duck
6.5
74
1.7
1.0
1.4
0.28
0.062
0.022
0.031
39
COD, chemical oxygen demand; BOD, biochemical oxygen demand.
 
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