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Phosphate distribution in animal waste slurries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. G. Gerritse
Affiliation:
Institute for Soil Fertility, P.O. Box 30003, 9750 RA Karen (Or.), the Netherlands
R. Vriesema
Affiliation:
Institute for Soil Fertility, P.O. Box 30003, 9750 RA Karen (Or.), the Netherlands

Summary

Results obtained previously on distribution and behaviour of phosphate between organic and inorganic forms in pig slurries are extended to slurries from wastes of hens, cows and calves. Organic P in the slurries varied from about 1 to 15% of total P, with slurries from veal calves having the lowest content of organic P. In all slurries roughly half of organic P in solution had a high molecular weight (50000 and higher) and is therefore potentially mobile in soils.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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