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. 2020 Apr 29;8:333. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00333

TABLE 2.

Nutrient contents in swine manure from various sources and swine carcass used as a substrate for anaerobic digestion.

Source Manure production
Nutrient
Volume Unit N P K Unit
Feeder to finishing 1.64 m3.pig–1.y–1 8.0 4.3* 4.0** kg.pig–1.y–1
Nursery house 0.94 m3.pig–1.y–1 0.4 0.25* 0.35** kg.pig–1.y–1
Farrow to wean 8.32 m3.pig–1.y–1 25.7 18.0* 19.4** kg.hog–1.y–1
Farrow to finishing 17.2 m3.pig–1.y–1 85.7 49.6* 46.9** kg.hog–1.y–1
Swine carcass 3.1 0.61 0.3 kg. pig–1***

Adapted from da Nicoloso et al. (2019) and Rajagopal et al. (2014). *P2O5 form; **K2O form; ***considering one pig of 130 kg.