Comparison of methane production from cattle, buffalo, goat, rabbit, chicken, and duck manure

Abstract

Livestock manure is reported to be one source of methane (CH4) emission. The objective of this study was to measure methane production from several types of livestock manure. The experiment used a completely randomized design (CRD), with 6 kinds of livestock manure (cow, buffalo, goat, rabbit, chicken, and duck). Each treatment was repeated three times during 8 weeks. The research method used to measure methane production was a closed chamber method, with intervals of 5 minutes. Methane samples were analyzed using gas chromatography. The results of the study showed that during eight weeks of observation, the kinds of livestock manure significantly (p <0.05) affected methane production at weeks 3, 6, 7, and 8. In those weeks, duck manure produced the highest methane production compared to other manure. Total methane gas production during 8 weeks observation which produced by duck manure was 97.99 mg g−1. Meanwhile, the lowest methane produced by rabbit manure (2.70 mg g−1). The study concluded that duck manure produced the highest methane, conversely, rabbit manure produced the lowest methane. The characteristics of fresh manure determine the level of methane production from manure. Making biogas is the best effort in mitigating methane from manure.

Co‐Digestion of Water Hyacinth and Duck Manure for Potential Low‐Cost Biogas Production by Rural Communities

“…Duck manure has been proven as a better biogas producer as compared to other animal manures such as cow, chicken, rabbit, buffalo, and goat. [ 14 ] This has been attributed to the superior volatile solids degradation potential of duck manure. [ 13 ]…”

“…Duck manure has been proven as a better biogas producer as compared to other animal manures such as cow, chicken, rabbit, buffalo, and goat. [14] This has been attributed to the superior volatile solids degradation potential of duck manure. [13] According to Shah et al, [39] WH can perform well in both mono-and co-digestion due to its highly volatile solids and total soluble content.…”

“…Duck manure has the characteristics of high moisture and nutrient content, is highly degradable, [ 13 ] and has been proven to produce higher biogas yield compared to other animal manures. [ 14 ] When comparing duck to cattle manure, for example, the prior was reported to have a higher volatile solids reduction potential, leading to higher biogas yield. [ 13 ] The C/N ratio for duck manure was reported to be in the range of 8–20, [ 15,16 ] which is believed to be able to balance out the C/N ratio of the feedstock when combined with the wider ranged C/N values of water hyacinth.…”

Global biomethane and carbon dioxide removal potential through anaerobic digestion of waste biomass

“…For livestock manure, biomethane yields from anaerobic digestion vary by species, breed, body weight, and age [67]. Biomethane yields from manure of different types of livestock are derived from previous studies and are listed in table S7, with values ranging from 6 to 34 kg biomethane per tonnes manure [67,83]. For crop residues, biomethane yields are estimated to be 140-160 kg biomethane per tonnes crop residues from previous studies in China [82,84], Europe [85], and India [86].…”

Lactation Curve and Milk Production Traits of Syrian Damascus Goats

“…Goats play a fundamental role in revenues for livestock-holders, especially for families with minimum land resources and for landless people (Patel et al, 2019). Additionally, goats are considered as eco-friendly animals due to their lower methane production compared to the other ruminants (Hidayat et al, 2021).…”