Microbiological and chemical properties of litter from different chicken types and production systems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 156-162

  Omeira, N ^a   Barbour, E K ^a   Nehme, P A ^a   Hamadeh, S K ^a   Zurayk, R ^a   Bashour, I ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Chemical parameters; Chicken type; Litter; Microbiological parameters; Production system

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

CHICKEN TYPE; LITTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CADMIUM; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC FERTILIZER; POTASSIUM;

FECES; FERTILIZER; MICROBIOLOGY; POULTRY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CARBON METABOLISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANURE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CONTENT; ORGANIC FARMING; PH MEASUREMENT; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SOIL FERTILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FECES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MANURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33746008271     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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