An assessment of the effectiveness of four in-house treatments to reduce the bacterial levels in poultry litter
| Autor: | E. G. Xavier, Victor Fernando Büttow Roll, M. A. Dai Prá, Beatriz Simões Valente, Fábio Pereira Leivas Leite, T. Heres, Michelle Lopes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Litter (animal)
Bacteria business.industry Colony Count Microbial Oxides General Medicine Poultry farming Biology engineering.material Calcium Compounds Housing Animal Animal science Floors and Floorcoverings engineering Animals Animal Science and Zoology Recycling Animal Husbandry business Chickens Poultry litter Poultry Diseases Lime Disinfectants |
| Zdroj: | Poultry science. 94(9) |
| ISSN: | 0032-5791 |
| Popis: | Although the use of quicklime (CaO) and tarping are common handling practices aimed at the reuse of litter in the Brazilian poultry industry, few scientific studies have proven the effectiveness of these methods in reducing the pathogenic microbial load during fallowing. The objective of this study was to evaluate the following litter treatments: T1 no treatment (control), T2 quicklime (300 g m(-2)), T3 tarping, T4 tarping+quicklime (300 g m(-2)). The litter samples were collected on day zero and on the sixth and twelfth days after the start of fallowing. The use of quicklime alone or quicklime+tarping was more effective (P |
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