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Poultry Waste Management Handbook

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Northeast Region Agricultural Engineering Service

The Poultry Waste Management Handbook covers all aspects of solid, semi-solid, and liquid poultry waste management -- from manure production to utilization. This publication will be a valuable resource for producers, cooperative extension educators, manure management consultants, regulatory agencies, and soil and water conservation district staff.

The Poultry Waste Management Handbook discusses the following topics: manure production and characteristics, environmental regulations and hazards, and poultry housing and waste management.

A chapter on nutrient management explains the steps involved in developing a nutrient management plan and contains worksheets for estimating nitrogen availability and application rates. A chapter on application equipment reviews equations and procedures for calibrating various types of equipment. Forty-three illustrations and 14 tables supplement the text.

Keywords

• Manure storage
• Poultry house
• Solids systems
• Liquid, slurry
• Semi-solid systems
• Waste treatment and utilization
• Composting
• Anaerobic lagoons
• Aerobic digestion
• Direct incineration
• Dead bird management
• Rendering, composting
• Alternative uses for manure

Pages

• 72

NRAES132, new December 1999