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Table 7.2.
Estimate
d typical manure characteristics as excreted by all other livestock and poultry. (Source: ASABE Standard D384.
2.)
Animal type and
production
grouping
Total manure
(kg per day
per animal)
Total solids
Volatile solids
COD
BOD
N
P
K
Moisture
(% w.b.)
(kg per day per animal)
Beef
Cow
(confinement)
-
88
6.6
5.9
6.2
1.4
0.19
0.044
0.14
Growing calf
(confinement)
22
88
2.7
2.3
2.3
0.52
0.13
0.025
0.085
Dairy
Lactating cow
68
87
8.9
7.5
8.1
1.30
0.45
0.078
0.103
Dry cow
38
87
4.9
4.2
4.4
0.626
0.23
0.03
0.148
Heifer - 440 kg
22
83
3.7
3.2
3.4
0.54
0.12
0.020
-
Swine
Gestating sow
- 200 kg
5.0
90
0.50
0.45
0.47
0.17
0.032
0.009
0.022
Lactating sow
- 192 kg
12
90
1.2
1.0
1.1
0.38
0.085
0.025
0.053
Boar - 200 kg
3.8
90
0.38
0.34
0.27
0.13
0.028
0.0097
0.0176
Poultry
Layer
0.088
75
0.022
0.016
0.018
0.005
0.0016
0.00048
0.00058
COD, chemical oxygen demand; BOD, biochemical oxygen demand.
