Comparison of analytical procedures for measuring phosphorus content of animal manures in China

Abstract

The concentration and components of manure phosphorus (P) are key factors determining potential P bioavailability and runoff. The distribution of P forms in swine, poultry and cattle manures collected from intensive and extensive production systems in several areas of China was investigated with sequential fractionation and a simplified two-step (NaHCO₃-NaOH/EDTA) procedures. The mean total P concentration, determined by the sequential fractionation procedure of intensive swine, poultry and cattle manure, expressed as g·kg⁻¹, was 14.9, 13.4 and 5.8 g·kg⁻¹, respectively, and 4.4 g·kg⁻¹ in extensive cattle manure. In intensive swine, poultry and cattle manure about 73%, 74% and 79% of total P, respectively, was bioavailable (i.e., P extracted by H₂O and NaHCO₃) and 78% in extensive cattle manure. The results indicated the relative environmental risk, from high to low, of swine, poultry and cattle manure. There is considerable regional variation in animal manure P across China, which needs to be considered when developing manure management strategies.

Keywords

diet phosphorus / manure phosphorus / sequential P fractionation

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Acknowledgements

This study was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFD0200200 and 2017YFD0200202).ƒ

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Guohua Li, Qian Liu, Haigang Li, and Fusuo Zhang declare that they have no conflicts of interest or financial conflicts to disclose.ƒThis article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.

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