TABLE 62.  BROILER HOUSE MANURE CAKE CHARACTERISTICS *
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Parameter	Unitsa	Total		Parameter Concentration				Parameter Mass
		No of	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------					----------------lb/day/------------
		Observ	minimum	maximum	median	mean	std dev	bird	1000 lb
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Manureb	lb/2 lb/day	estc	-	-	-	0.013	-	0.013	6.5
Density	lb/ft3	3	32	36	35	34	1.7	-	-
TS	%wb	177	35	75	63	60	8.3	0.0078	3.9
VS	%db	3	75	79	79	78	1.9	0.0061	3.0
TOC	mg/kg	1	187750	187750	187750	187750	-	0.0024	1.2
pH		4	6.3	8.6	7.8	7.6	0.98	-	-
TKN	lb/ton	177	21	81	46	46	12	0.00029	0.15
NH3N	%tkn	6	22	33	25	26	3.4	0.000076	0.038
NO3N	lb/ton	4	0.021	0.55	0.43	0.36	0.20	0.0000023	0.0012
P2O5	lb/ton	178	14	99	51	53	16	0.00034	0.17
PO4	%p2o5	1	25	25	25	25	-	0.000085	0.043
K2O	lb/ton	174	12	60	35	36	9.8	0.00023	0.12
Ca	lb/ton	171	16	61	34	34	8.7	0.00022	0.11
Mg	lb/ton	174	3.0	11	7.0	7.0	1.7	0.000045	0.023
S	lb/ton	166	3.6	18	8.6	9.2	2.9	0.000060	0.030
Na	lb/ton	105	3.1	18	11	10	3.1	0.000068	0.034
Fe	lb/ton	164	0.36	4.2	1.0	1.2	0.68	0.0000078	0.0039
Mn	lb/ton	174	0.22	1.4	0.69	0.69	0.25	0.0000045	0.0022
B	lb/ton	163	0.013	0.088	0.044	0.044	0.015	0.00000028	0.00014
Mo	lb/ton	53	0.00019	0.0027	0.00059	0.00073	0.00043	0.0000000047	0.0000024
Zn	lb/ton	173	0.22	1.2	0.59	0.60	0.21	0.0000039	0.0020
Cu	lb/ton	171	0.044	1.1	0.38	0.41	0.22	0.0000026	0.0013
Cd	lb/ton	3	0.0015	0.0025	0.0019	0.0020	0.00041	0.000000013	0.0000064
Ni	lb/ton	3	0.15	0.21	0.19	0.18	0.025	0.0000012	0.00059
Pb	lb/ton	3	0.031	0.062	0.044	0.046	0.013	0.00000030	0.00015
Cr	lb/ton	3	0.11	0.20	0.16	0.16	0.037	0.0000010	0.00051
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* References:Biological & Agricultural Engineering Dept, North Carolina State University, Jan 1994.
	Agronomic Division, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
a All concentrations as is or wet basis (wb) except as noted dry matter basis (db); all mass values wb.
b Annual accumulation of litter surface crusted manure cake removed after each flock;
typical litter base is sawdust, wood shavings or peanut hulls.
c Mean value extrapolated from other data; measured values not available.