Glossary of terms on livestock manure management 2003 - Ramiran

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RAMIRAN <strong>Glossary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>terms</strong> on manure management 2003 6 LIQUID DIGESTED SLUDGE CAKE SLUDGE ABATTOIR WASTE SLAUGHTER- HOUSE WASTE Product <strong>of</strong> TREATMENT <strong>of</strong> SEWAGE in ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS; typically with a DRY MATTER content <strong>of</strong> 2-5% Produced by pressing centrifuged liquid sludge after pretreatment with lime or other conditioning chemicals; typically with a DRY MATTER content <strong>of</strong> 20-35%. Blood and gut contents together with MANURE from LIVESTOCK awaiting slaughter. ABATTOIR WASTE
RAMIRAN <strong>Glossary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>terms</strong> on manure management 2003 7 LIVESTOCK General livestock <strong>terms</strong> LIVESTOCK HOUSED LIVESTOCK RUMINANT MONOGASTRIC FATSTOCK BREEDING REARING FATTENING LIVEWEIGHT DEADWEIGHT CARCASS WEIGHT SLAUGHTER WEIGHT LIVESTOCK UNIT (LU) ANIMAL UNIT Domesticated animals such as CATTLE, PIGS, POULTRY, SHEEP, horses, goats. Any creature kept for the production <strong>of</strong> food, wool, skin or fur or for the purpose <strong>of</strong> its use in the farming <strong>of</strong> the land or for amenity purposes LIVESTOCK that are kept indoors for all or part <strong>of</strong> the year. An animal that has a complex digestive system including a fourpart stomach. They consume large amounts <strong>of</strong> fibrous food such as grass that their stomach are able to store and digest. Includes CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, DEER. An animal with one simple stomach, such as PIGS, as opposed to a RUMINANT. LIVESTOCK fattened for sale in a market. The production <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fspring from LIVESTOCK. BREEDING STOCK are animals kept to produce <strong>of</strong>fspring rather than for slaughter. The keeping <strong>of</strong> growing LIVESTOCK Rearing <strong>of</strong> livestock for meat production The weight <strong>of</strong> a live animal (as oppose to the weight <strong>of</strong> the carcass or DEADWEIGHT) The weight <strong>of</strong> the dressed or prepared carcass. DEADWEIGHT Weight <strong>of</strong> a live animal immediately prior to slaughter. A unit used to compare or aggregate numbers <strong>of</strong> animals <strong>of</strong> different species or categories. Equivalences are defined on the feed requirements (or sometimes nutrient excretion). For example for the EU, one 600 kg DAIRY COW producing 3000 litres <strong>of</strong> milk per year equals 1 LU, a SOW equals 0.45 LU and a EWE equals 0.18 LU. LIVESTOCK UNIT
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