Goat-Fresh Manure


TABLE 36. GOAT FRESH MANURE CHARACTERISTICS *
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Parameter	Units^a	Total		Parameter Concentration				Parameter Mass
		No of	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------					------------lb/day/-----------
		Observ	minimum	maximum	median	mean	std dev	head	1000 lb
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Manure^b	lb/140 lb/day	2	4.6	7.0	5.8	5.8	1.2	5.8	41
Density	lb/ft3	1	63	63	63	63	-	-	-
TS	%wb	2	30	35	33	33	2.5	1.9	13
VS	%db	est^c	-	-	-	82	-	1.5	11
COD	mg/kg	est	-	-	-	305636	-	1.8	13
TKN	lb/ton	3	14	29	22	22	6.0	0.063	0.45
NH₃N	%tkn	est	-	-	-	28	-	0.018	0.13
P₂O₅	lb/ton	3	10	14	12	12	1.8	0.035	0.25
K₂O	lb/ton	2	23	24	24	24	0.58	0.068	0.49
B	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	0.023	-	0.000067	0.00048
Ca	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	13	-	0.039	0.28
Cd	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	0.00042	-	0.0000012	0.0000087
Cl	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	5.2	-	0.015	0.11
Cu	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	0.012	-	0.000035	0.00025
Fe	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	0.40	-	0.0011	0.0082
Mg	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	3.2	-	0.0094	0.067
Mn	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	0.041	-	0.00012	0.00085
Mo	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	0.014	-	0.000041	0.00029
Na	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	4.5	-	0.013	0.093
Ni	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	0.015	-	0.000044	0.00031
Pb	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	0.0049	-	0.000014	0.00010
S	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	2.1	-	0.0059	0.042
Zn	lb/ton	est	-	-	-	0.067	-	0.00019	0.0014
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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 Feces and urine as voided.
^c Mean value extrapolated from other data; measured values not available.