Memorias de investigación
Research Publications in journals:
Composition, potential emissions and agricultural value of pig slurry from Spanish commercial farms
Year:2016

Research Areas
  • Natural sciences and health sciences,
  • Earth sciences,
  • Foodstuffs tecnology,
  • Cattle ranch and fishes,
  • Plants and animal biology and ecology,
  • Agriculture,
  • Engineering

Information
Abstract
Pig slurry is a valuable fertilizer for crop production but at the same time its management may pose environmental risks. Slurry samples were collected from 77 commercial farms of four animal categories (gestating and lactating sows, nursery piglets and growing pigs) and analyzed for macronutrients, micronutrients, heavy metals and volatile fatty acids. Emissions of ammonia (NH3) and biochemical methane potential (BMP) were quantified. Slurry electrical conductivity, pH, dry matter content and ash content were also determined. Data analysis included an analysis of correlations among variables, the development of predictionmodels for gaseousemissions and the analysis of nutritional content of slurries for crop production. Descriptive information is provided in this work and shows a wide range of variability in all studied variables. Animal category affected some physicochemical parameters, probably as a consequence of different slurry management and use of cleaning water. Slurries from gestating sows and growing pigs tended to be more concentrated in nutrients, whereas the slurry from lactating sows and nursery piglets tended to be more diluted. Relevant relationships were found among slurry characteristics expressed in fresh basis and gas emissions. Predictive models using on-form measurable parameterswere obtained forNH3 (R2 = 0.51) andCH4
International
Si
JCR
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Title
NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS
ISBN
1385-1314
Impact factor JCR
1,49
Impact info
Volume
208
10.1007/s10705-016-9764-3
Journal number
From page
158
To page
169
Month
SIN MES
Ranking
21/34 Q3
Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Ingeniería de la Calidad Alimentaria
  • Departamento: Producción Agraria