Fate of nitrogen during composting of chicken litter

Tiquia, S.M.; Tam, N.F.Y.

doi:10.1016/s0269-7491(99)00319-x

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“…21,31,32) However, this reaction has been evaluated and discussed as the response of the total microbial community to the addition of carbon sources to compost materials, in studies that have been conducted concerning the reduction of NH 3 emissions or nitrogen loss during composting. 15,16) Although some microorganisms that assimilate NH 4 + -N were isolated from composts or wastes being composted, 22,[33][34][35] the utilization of these microorganisms to reduce NH 3 emissions during composting has been little examined.…”

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Utilization of Bacillus sp. strain TAT105 as a biological additive to reduce ammonia emissions during composting of swine feces

Kuroda

Yasuda

Fukumoto

et al. 2015

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

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Bacillus sp. strain TAT105 is a thermophilic, ammonium-tolerant bacterium that grows assimilating ammonium nitrogen and reduces ammonia emission during composting of swine feces. To develop a practical use of TAT105, a dried solid culture of TAT105 (5.3 × 109 CFU/g of dry matter) was prepared as an additive. It could be stored for one year without significant reduction of TAT105. Laboratory-scale composting of swine feces was conducted by mixing the additive. When the additive, mixed with an equal weight of water one day before use, was added to obtain a TAT105 concentration of above 107 CFU/g of dry matter in the initial material, the ammonia concentration emitted was lower and nitrogen loss was approximately 22% lower in the treatment with the additive than in the control treatment without the additive. The colony formation on an agar medium containing high ammonium could be used for enumeration of TAT105 in the composted materials.

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Utilization of Bacillus sp. strain TAT105 as a biological additive to reduce ammonia emissions during composting of swine feces

Kuroda

Yasuda

Fukumoto

et al. 2015

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

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“…There were no compost treatment differences in C:N ratio, NH 4 -N, NO 3 -N, TP, KEP or pH of the final products. Tiquia et al (2000) found that while the decomposition rate in turned windrows was much faster than in unturned ones, the final composted hog manure was similar in terms of OM, nutrient content and C:N ratio.…”

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“…The increase in the C:N ratio of the passive treatment on day 99 (13.9) compared with day 84 (11.0) was associated with the increased C levels due to a different sampling protocol for that date as reported above. A declining C:N ratio is typical of composting dynamics except when there is vigorous NH 3 volatilization, which may actually increase the C:N ratio (Tiquia and Tam 2000).…”

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Windrow temperatures and chemical properties during active and passive aeration composting of beef cattle feedlot manure

Larney¹,

Olson²

2006

Can. J. Soil. Sci.

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Pre-vs. post-turning sampling of the active treatment was also compared. Mean daily temperature was warmest at the bottom windrow location (53.6ºC) and coolest at the top (46.4ºC) in the active treatment, but warmest at the top (44.1ºC) and coolest at the bottom (33.9ºC) in the passive treatment. Final compost from the passive treatment had significantly higher total N (TN), total C (TC), electrical conductivity (EC), Na, and Cl than the active treatment. There were no significant treatment effects on C:N ratio, NH 4 -N, NO 3 -N, total P (TP), Kelowna-extractable P (KEP), pH, Ca, Mg or K. Both treatments showed substantial and non-significantly different C (71-80%) and N (44-58%) losses. Pre-versus post-turning sampling showed significant differences for some compost parameters, notably soluble salts. After the thermophilic phase, the passive treatment appeared only partially composted. Additional disadvantages of the passive treatment included lower windrow temperatures, which may fail to reduce pathogens, and higher EC, which could potentially limit the end use of passively aerated compost.

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“…Our OM/TC ratio was higher than the conventional van Bemmelen factor of 1.724 (Van Bemmelen 1891; cited by Read and Ridgell 1922) which is widely used to convert soil organic C to OM (Howard and Howard 1990). The 1.724 ratio has also been used in manure composting studies to estimate total C from OM where OM was 100% -ash content % (Tiquia and Tam 2000) or to derive OM from total C data in order to estimate DM losses by assuming that all DM losses were due to OM (Hao et al 2004). Our ratio was also slightly higher than the 1.83 ratio used for pig slurry and plant residues by Barrington et al (2002).…”

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Carbon, ash and organic matter relationships for feedlot manures and composts

Larney¹,

Ellert²,

Olson³

2005

Can. J. Soil. Sci.

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. 2005. Carbon, ash and organic matter relationships for feedlot manures and composts. Can. J. Soil Sci. 85: 261-264. Composting is increasingly recognized as a means of handling livestock manure. Using relationships derived from a dataset of >3000 samples representing the decay spectrum from raw manure to mature compost (from unpaved feedlot pens bedded with straw or wood residuals) we propose that measurement of either total carbon or ash content is sufficient to estimate carbon, organic matter and dry matter mass changes during composting of beef feedlot manure.

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Fate of nitrogen during composting of chicken litter

Cited by 267 publications

References 19 publications

Utilization of Bacillus sp. strain TAT105 as a biological additive to reduce ammonia emissions during composting of swine feces

Utilization of Bacillus sp. strain TAT105 as a biological additive to reduce ammonia emissions during composting of swine feces

Windrow temperatures and chemical properties during active and passive aeration composting of beef cattle feedlot manure

Carbon, ash and organic matter relationships for feedlot manures and composts

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