TABLE 12.BEEF UNPAVED FEEDLOT MANURE CHARACTERISTICS *
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Parameter Unitsa Total Parameter Concentration Parameter Mass
No of ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------lb/day/------------
Observ minimum maximum median mean std dev head 1000 lb
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Manureb lb/800 lb/day 13 8.0 19 11 13 3.7 13 16
Density lb/ft3 1 60 60 60 60 - - -
TS %wb 43 30 90 55 59 13 7.5 9.4
SED %db 2 11 35 23 23 12 1.7 2.2
VS %db 20 27 85 62 57 19 4.3 5.3
BOD5 mg/kg 2 41083 50124 45604 45604 4521 0.58 0.72
COD mg/kg 6 75000 300000 167413 176931 81990 2.2 2.8
OM mg/kg 1 319000 319000 319000 319000 - 4.0 5.1
TOC mg/kg 3 97000 149257 144246 130168 23542 1.7 2.1
VA mg/kg 1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 - 0.000015 0.000019
pH 6 6.7 7.9 7.1 7.3 0.38 - -
TKN lb/ton 37 10 50 24 25 10 0.16 0.20
NH3N %tkn 11 6.0 38 18 19 9.7 0.030 0.038
NO3N lb/ton 2 0.074 0.23 0.15 0.15 0.079 0.00097 0.0012
P2O5 lb/ton 32 5.0 37 16 18 8.0 0.11 0.14
K2O lb/ton 29 7.0 39 21 22 9.3 0.14 0.17
Al lb/ton 1 6.2 6.4 6.2 6.2 - 0.040 0.050
B lb/ton 3 0.011 0.030 0.021 0.021 0.0075 0.00013 0.00016
Ca lb/ton 18 3.5 34 14 16 9.2 0.10 0.13
Cd lb/ton 1 0.0020 0.0020 0.0020 0.0020 - 0.000013 0.000016
Cl lb/ton 2 15 16 15 15 0.070 0.10 0.12
Cu lb/ton 9 0.0073 0.042 0.021 0.021 0.012 0.00013 0.00017
Fe lb/ton 14 0.88 9.1 3.9 4.2 2.6 0.027 0.033
Li lb/ton 1 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.011 - 0.000069 0.000086
Mg lb/ton 16 2.0 11 5.1 5.6 2.7 0.036 0.045
Mn lb/ton 11 0.045 0.76 0.24 0.32 0.22 0.0020 0.0025
Mo lb/ton 2 0.00039 0.0013 0.00085 0.00085 0.00046 0.0000054 0.0000067
Na lb/ton 20 0.90 20 5.3 7.2 5.8 0.045 0.057
Pb lb/ton 1 0.0022 0.0022 0.0022 0.0022 - 0.000014 0.000018
S lb/ton 4 3.7 4.9 3.9 4.1 0.47 0.026 0.032
Zn lb/ton 12 0.040 0.20 0.082 0.10 0.052 0.00064 0.00080
Cond umho/cm 3 1050 3410 2600 2353 979 - -
CF %db 1 15 15 15 15 - 1.1 1.4
CP %db 4 8.4 22 14 15 4.7 1.1 1.4
NFE %db 1 27 27 27 27 - 2.0 2.5
GE kcal/gm, db 2 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.3 0.28 11073 13842
Anaer col/100 gm 2 2.70E+08 1.80E+11 9.01E+10 9.02E+10 8.99E+10 5.19E+12 6.49E+12
EC col/100 gm 2 6.10E+06 5.50E+09 2.75E+09 2.75E+09 2.75E+09 1.59E+11 1.98E+11
Ecoli col/100 gm 2 1.00E+08 4.90E+09 2.50E+09 2.50E+09 2.40E+09 1.44E+11 1.80E+11
FC col/100 gm 1 1.80E+07 1.80E+07 1.80E+07 1.80E+07 - 1.04E+09 1.30E+09
FS col/100 gm 1 9.90E+07 9.90E+07 9.90E+07 9.90E+07 - 5.70E+09 7.13E+09
TB col/100 gm 2 2.50E+10 8.60E+11 4.45E+11 4.45E+11 4.20E+11 2.56E+13 3.20E+13
TC col/100 gm 3 3.30E+07 2.20E+09 6.40E+07 7.66E+08 1.01E+09 4.41E+10 5.51E+10
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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 Manure collected after each group of cattle.