Application of Date Palm Trees Mulch as a Bedding Material for Dry Heifers, Part 2 –Preparing the Bedding Materials
A.O. Elashhab, M.W. Sadik, M.K. Zahran
download PDFAbstract. Date palm trees mulch can be safely and effectively used as a bedding material for cow feedlots. Feedlot managers will need to adjust bedding rates according to facilities, environment, and cow comfort. Feedlot managers interested in using date palm trees mulch as bedding will recognize that absorbency of date palm trees mulch is lower than that of sand. However, utilizing of date palm trees mulch eliminates costs of harvesting sand. A total power consumption for horizontal grinder machine, grapple to loading the grinding machine and loader for handling mulch material. Were 468 kW/h, specific energy was 46.8 kW/ton and 7.49 kW/m3. Total Power consumption to preparing the barn to use mulch bedding material for m3 were 7.84 kW/m3 every day and 78.4 kW/m3 after finish experimental time 10 days. Total cost for using date palm trees mulch as a bedding every 10 days were 3180.0 SR/m. Total cost for traditional manure management every 10 days were 3180.0 SR every 10 days for all operation
Keywords
date palm trees mulch, bedding material, cow manure, dry heifers, mechanical preparing bedding, waste recycling, compost
Published online 4/20/2019, 17 pages
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Citation: A.O. Elashhab, M.W. Sadik, M.K. Zahran, Application of Date Palm Trees Mulch as a Bedding Material for Dry Heifers, Part 2 –Preparing the Bedding Materials, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 11, pp 169-185, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644900178-12
The article was published as article 12 of the book By-Products of Palm Trees and Their Applications
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