. 2018 Jan 11;3(12):e00493. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00493

Table 1.

Selected Physico-chemical characteristics of the different chicken manures collected from selected sites in central Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

Parameter	Chicken manure collection sites
Parameter	Loyidi	Sompondo	Sheshegu	Majwareni	Jojozi	Joji	Black plass	Jonini	Tyhali	Fort hare
pH	7.34^e	6.94^h	7.97^a	7.67^c	7.22^f	7.52^d	7.91^b	7.17^g	7.20^fg	6.98^h
EC (dS/m)	5.78^e	4.32^g	7.04^d	2.45^h	12.30^a	8.15^c	6.76^d	5.25^f	8.85^b	5.17^f
Total C (%)	41.8^a	22.7^d	33.5^bc	30.4^c	35.7^b	41.1^a	31.9^bc	40.5^a	34.6^bc	40.3^a
Total N (%)	2.3^d	2.4^cd	2.9^b	1.6^e	2.6^c	3.2^a	2.4^cd	1.6^e	2.5^cd	1.8^e
C/N ratio	18.0^c	9.5^f	11.7^e	19.4^c	13.7^d	13.0^de	13.2^de	25.8^a	13.9^d	22.6^b
Olsen extractable P (mg/kg)	552.3^e	532.3^cde	850.5^a	807.9^ab	690.1^cd	745.3^bcd	689.6^cd	746.3^abc	762.3^abc	656.6^d
Total P (mg/kg)	2595.3^a	2136.7^ab	2377.3^ab	2294.6^ab	2361.5^ab	2145.7^ab	2169.8^ab	2644.1^a	1963.1^b	2632.2^a
Olsen P as % of total P	21.2^d	25.5^cd	38.3^a	35.3^ab	30.5^abc	36.5^ab	31.01^abc	27.7^bcd	37.7^a	23.4^cd

Means within the same row of each site manure followed by the same letters are not significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test.