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Table I
Variability in the composition of animal slurries from one site and between slurries from different sites. DM: dry matter. TAN: total ammoniacal nitrogen.
| Slurry | Component content (g/kg slurry) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| origin | DM | Total-P | Total-N | TAN | K | Ca | Mg | Cu | Zn | Reference | |
| Sows | Mean | 23 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | Møller et al., 2007a; Conn et al., 2007 | |
| Standard deviation | (15) | (0.2) | (0.9) | (0.7) | (0.3) | (0.4) | (0.1) | ||||
| Finishing | Mean | 67 | 2.1 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | Conn et al., 2007; Ye et al., 2005; Massé et al., 2005; |
| pigs | Standard deviation | (26) | (0.8) | (2.5) | (2.1) | (1.1) | (0.9) | 0.4 | 0.0 | (0.1) | Møller et al., 2004, 2007a; Saeys et al., 2005; Sommer |
| and Husted, 1995a; Sommer et al., 2008 | |||||||||||
| Dairy | Mean | 82 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | Amon et al., 2006; Clemens et al., 2006; Møller et al., | |
| cows | Standard deviation | (24) | (0.2) | (1.7) | (9.3) | (1.8) | 2007a; Sommer and Husted, 1995a; Sommer et al., 2008 | ||||