TABLE 31.  SHEEP 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/60 lb/day estc - - - 1.7 - 1.7 28
Density lb/ft3 est - - - 62 - - -
TS %wb 4 28 49 38 38 10 0.64 11
TKN lb/ton 4 14 28 18 20 5.0 0.017 0.28
NH3N %tkn 2 28 36 32 32 4.0 0.0053 0.088
P2O5 lb/ton 3 9.0 20 11 13 4.6 0.011 0.19
K2O lb/ton 4 25 29 27 27 1.7 0.023 0.38
Ca lb/ton 2 14 30 22 22 7.9 0.019 0.31
Mg lb/ton 2 6.6 9.5 8.0 8.0 1.4 0.0068 0.11
S lb/ton 2 3.3 7.6 5.5 5.5 2.1 0.0046 0.077
Na lb/ton 1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 - 0.00092 0.015
Fe lb/ton 2 0.73 5.7 3.2 3.2 2.5 0.0027 0.045
Mn lb/ton 2 0.22 0.47 0.35 0.35 0.13 0.00029 0.0049
B lb/ton 2 0.034 0.052 0.043 0.043 0.0093 0.000036 0.00060
Zn lb/ton 2 0.18 0.40 0.29 0.29 0.11 0.00025 0.0041
Cu lb/ton 2 0.017 0.067 0.042 0.042 0.025 0.000035 0.00059
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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 animals.
c Mean value extrapolated from other data; measured values not available.