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- Title
Greenhouse Gas Emissions during Co-Composting of Calf Mortalities with Manure.
- Authors
Shanwei Xu; Xiying Hao; Stanford, Kim; McAllister, Tim A.; Larney, Francis J.; Jingguo Wang
- Abstract
The article presents research concerning the viability of composting of cattle carcass disposal for on-site farm management. Details are given outlining the measurements of greenhouse gas emissions from manure and calf mortality co-composting. An outline is provided of compositing methodologies used including shredder bucket and front-end loader systems. The chemical analysis of emissions produced is analyzed and the total nitrogen and carbon content of the compost is compared to a control group. Results suggest the calf-mortality based compost has agronomic value for fertilization purposes.
- Subjects
COMPOSTING; GREENHOUSE gases; CATTLE manure; CATTLE mortality; FERTILIZER research; NITROGEN in soils; CARBON in soils
- Publication
Journal of Environmental Quality, 2007, Vol 36, Issue 6, p1914
- ISSN
0047-2425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2134/jeq2007.0080