Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
4-22-1997
Abstract
A method for treating poultry litter which inhibits ammonia volatilization and reduces soluble phosphorus levels in the litter. The method 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
US5622697
Application Filed
5-10-1995
Assignee
Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)
Citation
Moore, P. A. (1997). Use of alum to inhibit ammonia volatilization and to decrease phosphorus solubility in poultry litter. Patents Granted. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/pat/206
Comments
Philip A. Moore, Jr., Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR