Coir pith - Its use in homestead poultry farm

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dc.contributor.authorMaheswarappa, H.P.
dc.contributor.authorDhanapal, R.
dc.contributor.authorBiddappa, C.C.
dc.contributor.authorGeorge V. Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-04T09:06:48Z
dc.date.available2014-06-04T09:06:48Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractA trial was conducted at CPCRI, Kasaragod to study the feasibility of using coir pith as bedding material in homestead poultry unit, and its nubitive value as rnanureatlater stages. The results revealed that, coir pith can be used as a bedding material without affecting poultry birds in deep litter system After 80 days, the coir pith was enriched withpoultry droppings and its chemicalproperties like lignin and cellulose contents were decreased to 12.2 and 15.0 per cent respectively from the orginal values Of34.8 and 28.6 per cent respectively. The C: N ratio came down to 10:1 from the intial value of 93:1 and was richer vn major and micro-nutrients compared to raw coir pith The microbialpopulation was higher in coir pith enriched withpoultry dropings compared to raw coir pith.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCoir News 1999 v-28 i-9 p-15-17en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2365
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCoir pithen_US
dc.subjectPoultry farmen_US
dc.subjectChemical compositionen_US
dc.titleCoir pith - Its use in homestead poultry farmen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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