Poultry Litter Management: Litter Nutrient Recycling and Fertilizer Use (Part 4)
Explore “Litter Nutrient Recycling and Fertilizer Use” in this Poultry Litter Management lesson. Part 4 of the five-part series brings together the source material and lesson topics. Use the contents links to find a section, read the notes, and consult the complete original teaching slides below.
Lesson topics
- RECYCLING OF NUTRIENTS IN DEEP – LITTER SYSTEM
- Poultry litter used as fertilizer
- Can be safely used upto 10% in poultry rations, 20 % in cattle rations.
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- RECYCLING OF NUTRIENTS IN DEEP – LITTER SYSTEM
- Poultry litter used as fertilizer
- Can be safely used upto 10% in poultry rations, 20 % in cattle rations.
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Litter Management and Litter-Borne Diseases: original teaching slides for this study series.
RECYCLING OF NUTRIENTS IN DEEP – LITTER SYSTEM
The dropping from chicken when mixed with litter synthesizes Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) and Vitamin B12 by the chemical and bacterial actions. The built-up litter also contains niacin, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sodium and calcium. Deep litter bird often pecks and eats a small quantity of litter material which contains above nutrients. This phenomenon is known as recycling.
Even if the poultry feed is slightly deficient in some of the nutrients, the deep litter birds will not show any deficiency symptoms due the recycling of nutrients RECYCLING OF NUTRIENTS IN DEEP – LITTER SYSTEM
Poultry litter used as fertilizer
Poultry industry produces 2 million tonns of litter per year. Compared with cow dung poultry mannure 10 times rich in fertilizer constituents. NPK – 3:2:2 Layer bird produces 16 kg dried mannure in a year in cage 18 kg in deep litter Broiler – 1.5 kg mannure Increases soil fertility NPK per tonne of litter is 60-50-45 Micro nutrients like magnesium, manganese, boran, zinc and sulphur. Poultry litter used as fertilizer
Can be safely used upto 10% in poultry rations, 20 % in cattle rations.
It contains fair amount of protein and energy it can be used as cattle, pig & poultry feed ingredient. Can be safely used upto 10% in poultry rations, 20 % in cattle rations. Dried poultry mannure contain 26 % cp and ME 800 kal/kg Wet poultry mannure used as fish feed. Used for production of bio-gas which may be used as generation of electricity.
Review questions and answers
What are the key points about RECYCLING OF NUTRIENTS IN DEEP – LITTER SYSTEM?
The dropping from chicken when mixed with litter synthesizes Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) and Vitamin B12 by the chemical and bacterial actions. The built-up litter also contains niacin, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sodium and calcium. Deep litter bird often pecks and eats a small quantity of litter material which contains above nutrients. This phenomenon…
What are the key points about Poultry litter used as fertilizer?
Poultry industry produces 2 million tonns of litter per year. Compared with cow dung poultry mannure 10 times rich in fertilizer constituents. NPK – 3:2:2 Layer bird produces 16 kg dried mannure in a year in cage 18 kg in deep litter Broiler – 1.5 kg mannure Increases soil fertility NPK per tonne of litter is 60-50-45 Micro nutrients like magnesium,…
What are the key points about Can be safely used upto 10% in poultry rations, 20 % in cattle rations.?
It contains fair amount of protein and energy it can be used as cattle, pig & poultry feed ingredient. Can be safely used upto 10% in poultry rations, 20 % in cattle rations. Dried poultry mannure contain 26 % cp and ME 800 kal/kg Wet poultry mannure used as fish feed. Used for production of bio-gas which may be used as generation of electricity.
More lessons from this document
- Litter Management and Litter-Borne Diseases — Part 1
- Litter Management and Litter-Borne Diseases — Part 2
- Litter Management and Litter-Borne Diseases — Part 3
- Litter Management and Litter-Borne Diseases — Part 4
- Litter Management and Litter-Borne Diseases — Part 5
Conclusion
The important points in RECYCLING OF NUTRIENTS IN DEEP – LITTER SYSTEM should be reviewed alongside the definitions, examples and comparisons given above. Continue with the other four articles to cover the rest of the source material.