Clinoptilolite as an ammonia binder in pig slurry.
Six gilts and six barrows are used in a 2 x 2 experiment with two phase feeding versus multiphase feeding and celite addition versus clinoptilolite addition. Nitrogen and ammonia concentration in the slurry on dry matter basis was reduced by 30% and 35% respectively by multiphase feeding, together with a decreased ratio of ammonia over nitrogen. Ammonia fixation in pig slurry by clinoptilolite increased from 21% after 14 days of supplementation upto 35% at 8 weeks after the supplementation period.
Janssens
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Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
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Hesta
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De Wilde
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D000641:Ammonia / Q000032:analysis*; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008372:Manure; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis; D013552:Swine; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods; D017641:Zeolites
D008372:Manure; C083175:clinoptilolite; D017641:Zeolites; D000641:Ammonia; D009584:Nitrogen