Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
10-5-1999
Abstract
A method is described for treating poultry litter which inhibits ammonia volatilization and reduces soluble phosphorus levels in the litter. It comprises the addition of alum to litter in an amount sufficient to maintain the litter pH at values low enough to inhibit ammonia volatilization. The addition of alum, iron or calcium compounds to litter also effectively precipitates soluble phosphorus in litter, thereby reducing the amount of soluble phosphorus runoff from fields receiving litter.
Department
Poultry Science
Patent Number
US5961968
Application Filed
5-1-1996
Assignee
Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR); United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, DC)
Citation
Moore, P. A. (1999). Use of alum to inhibit ammonia volatilization and to decrease phosphorous solubility in poultry litter. Patents Granted. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/pat/185
Comments
Philip A. Moore, Jr., Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR