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Problems in the disposal of animal excreta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

J. S. V. McAllister
J. S. V. McAllister
Affiliation:
Chemical and Animal Nutrition Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland
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The traditional method of handling excreta from housed farm animals involved the provision of bedding material, normally straw, to absorb the urine and provide additional carbohydrate material for the composting process which took place during storage. Modern systems of housing generally provide for the collection and storage of the excreta in the form of slurry. This reduces labour costs and should ensure practically complete collection of both faeces and urine, thereby reducing risks of polluting water courses by drainage direct from the farmyard.

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54th Meeting, Coventry, 27 to 29 March 1972 Symposium: Animal Production From Grassland
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1 , January 1972 , pp. 87 - 92
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1972

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