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. 2016 Nov 1;235:229–241. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.10.025

Table 3.

Urine and dung composition for all three experiments (nd = not determined).

Experiment Application DM Total N NO3 NH4+ pH TOC LOI Compound in urine
allantoin creatinine uric acid hippuric acid urea
g l−1 g l−1 mg l−1 mg l−1 mg l−1 g 100 g DM−1 mg l−1 mg l−1 mg l−1 mg l−1 mg N l−1
Spring Natural urine 53.3 8.1 <0.1 554 8.25 14944 nd 1905.6 761.7 368.0 3923.7 6521.4
Artificial urine 43.0 8.8 <0.1 17.6 8.22 9238 nd 4306.4 920.8 221.1 6606.9 7078.6
Natural urine + DCD 52.3 7.9 <0.1 644 8.26 14725 nd nd nd nd nd nd



Summer Natural urine 48.2 8.57 1.04 1230 7.33 nd 55.2 <400 520 396 <500 6284
Artificial urine 41.9 9.61 0.43 <50 7.51 nd 28.9 3031 768 68 6120 6833
Natural urine + DCD 47.1 8.72 0.84 1090 7.28 nd 55.8 nd nd nd nd nd



Autumn Natural urine 45.0 8.70 2.51 2020 9.17 nd 45.2 <400 519 347 4859 7382
Artificial urine 34.4 8.45 0.75 <50 7.42 nd 41.6 3632 732 219 6008 7774
Natural urine + DCD 40.8 9.07 2.29 2840 9.09 nd 45.7 nd nd nd nd nd
Experiment Application DM Total N NO3 NH4+ pH TOC LOI
g kg−1 g 100 g DM−1 mg kg DM−1 g 100 g DM−1 mg L−1 g 100 g DM−1
Spring Dung 145 3.14 <0.1 0.304 7.02 211150 nd
Summer Dung 211 1.48 21.6 0.431 7.44 nd 25.1
Autumn Dung 205 1.88 20.8 0.294 7.46 nd 46.8