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)

Comments

Philip A. Moore, Jr., Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

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