animal and poultry
waste management research:
a progress report

Recovery of Solids from Flushed Swine Manure for Utilization
The Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center

This funding was used primarily to purchase equipment that is being used to determine the carbon and nitrogen content of swine waste. Determining nutrient content is necessary in order to evaluate waste for use as fertilizer, a soil amendment or animal feed additive.

Funding: $103,500
Source: USDA Grant
Status: Completed

Principal Investigators: Dr. Phillip W. Westerman, professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, phone: (919) 515-6742, fax: (919) 515-7760, email: PHIL_WESTERMAN@NCSU.EDU; Dr. John J. Classen, assistant professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, phone: (919) 515-6800, fax: (919) 515-7760, email: JOHN_CLASSEN@NCSU.EDU

Collaborators: Dr. James C. Barker, professor and extension specialist, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University; Dr. Evan E. Jones, professor, Animal Science and Biochemistry, North Carolina State University