Adsorption properties of natural zeolite and bentonite in pig slurry from the microbiological point of view

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 339-344

  Venglovsky J ^a,c   Pacajova Z ^a   Sasakova N ^a   Vucemilo M ^b   Tofant, A ^b  

^a Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine Slovakia   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Ammonium removal; Bentonite; Microbial plate counts; Physical chemical parameters; Pig slurry; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345982353     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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