Cattle manure harbors microbial constituents that make it a potential source of pollution in the environment and infections in humans. Knowledge of, and microbial assessment of, manure is crucial in a bid to prevent public health and environmental hazards through the development of better management practices and policies that should govern manure handling. Physical, chemical and biological met...

Forced precipitation of struvite (MgNH4PO4*6H2O) has been demonstrated to be an effective method to reduce dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) from swine manure. The development of a robust and flexible continuous flow struvite precipitation reactor is essential to the application of this method to modern livestock operations. Swine manure generally requires pH adjustment, magnesium amendment a...

Beef cattle manure can serve as a valuable source of nutrients for crop production. However, emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) after land application may pose an odor nuisance to downwind populations. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of land application method, diet, soil moisture content, and time since manure application on VOC emissions. Manure was collected from...

Land application is the most common method for utilizing manure produced by the livestock industry. Manure applications at rates that exceed crop P removal are increasing soil-test P (STP) in many regions. Precision agriculture methods and variable-rate (VR) application can improve nutrient management and provide an environmentally responsible method to distribute manure. This study used a stri...

D to transportation costs, manures can be utilized for their fertilizer value only when the hauling distance is short. However, manure cannot be applied indefinitely to a limited land area close to the manure production site without creating problems of water pollution (Patni and Hore, 1978) and excessive nutrient and salt accumulation in the soil. Therefore, using manure for crop production on...

Potato is a strategic crop in Tunisia but is susceptible to many pests and diseases. Nematodes of the genera Meloidogyne and Globodera are important pests that cause yield losses and depreciation of tuber quality. A trial was carried out in a plot where the soil was naturally infested with M. javanica and G. pallida. Three soil treatments were tested and compared. Soil solarization (SS) and inc...

proach, 12 to 63% of dairy manure N may be taken up by corn during the first growing season after application Current estimates of dairy manure nitrogen availability to crops (Motavalli et al., 1989; Klausner et al., 1994). Nutrient are based on indirect measures and vary greatly. The objective of this study was to differentially label dairy manure N components with the availability in the seco...

Various physical factors affecting the release rate of naturally occurring Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and Giardia duodenalis cysts from dairy manure disks to sprinkled water were studied. The investigated factors included temperature (5 or 23 degrees C), manure type (calf manure, a 50% calf and 50% cow manure mixture, and a 10% calf and 90% cow manure mixture), and water application method ...

Three manure agitation procedures were examined in this study (vertical mixing, horizontal mixing, and no mixing) to determine the efficacy of producing a representative manure sample. The total solids content for manure from gestation pigs was found to be well correlated with the total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) concentrations in the manure, with highly significant correlation coe...