Feeding a diet with corn distillers grain with solubles to dairy cows alters manure characteristics and ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emissions from manure.

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Abstract
The objective of the experiment was to examine effects of a diet containing a high concentration (28.8% dry matter basis) of corn distillers grain with solubles on manure characteristics and NH and HS emissions from dairy cow manure. Eighteen cows were blocked by parity and days in milk, and cows in each block were assigned to the following treatments: the control diet (CON) or CON with distillers grains with solubles at 28.8% (dry matter basis) replacing mainly soybean meal (DG). The experiment was conducted for 11 wk, and feces and urine from individual cows were collected over 3 d in wk 11 (a total of 8 spot samples per cow). Fecal or urine samples were composited by cow, and the composite feces and urine were analyzed for indigestible neutral detergent fiber and creatinine concentration, respectively, for individual cows to estimate total fecal and urine outputs. Immediately before the manure incubation, composited feces and urine were sampled to determine manure characteristics. Manure was reconstituted according to daily fecal and urine excretion estimated for individual cows. Individual manures were incubated using a continuous air flux multichamber system over 10 d to measure NH and HS emissions. All data from 18 manures were analyzed using the Mixed procedure of SAS (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). The ratio of feces to urine and the contents of manure total and volatile solids were not different among treatments. Urine from DG had lower pH and DG manure had lower N content and greater S content compared with CON. During the 10-d incubation, NH emission was considerably less for DG versus CON. The emission of HS over 10 d for DG was greater compared with that for CON. After the incubation, manure pH and N and S concentrations were greater for DG versus CON. In conclusion, manure from cows fed a high-DG diet decreased urinary N contribution to manure N and lowered urine pH, which were the factors that caused the decrease in NH emission from DG manure. However, the DG diet increased dietary S concentration and increased S excretion in urine and feces. This increased HS emission from DG manure during the 10-d manure incubation.
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Authors Lee, C;Morris, D L;Lefever, K M;Dieter, P A;
Journal Journal of dairy science
Year 2020
DOI
S0022-0302(19)31130-0
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ammonia hydrogen sulfide manure corn distillers grains with solubles

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