Efeito de condicionadores químicos sobre a qualidade da cama de frango

Abstract

Poultry production has grown in large proportions in Brazil over the years, especially in the southern region of the country, being an activity that produced the waste, such as poultry litter, deserving great attention in the research area. The experiment was conducted on avian commercial broiler located on the premises of UTFPR Campus Dois Vizinhos were evaluated in five chemical conditioners: hydrated lime, gypsum, aluminum sulphate, single super phosphate and limestone, with different forms of installment or application rate; i) single (performed only in the first batch) ii) application divided twice (first performed in the first batch and the second held in the fifth batch) and iii) divided into three application times (applications made in the first, fourth and seventh batch) and their performance with regard to the release of CO2 and ammonia to the environment as well as the chemical composition of the substrate. The spraying was performed in the interval between batches, which were installed 64 wooden frames (boxes) with dimensions of 0.5 m (width) x 1.0 m (length) x 0.10 (height), which were allocated in brooding area, and each table represented an experimental unit. After application of the treatments were collected about 200g sample per frame, which were used for the chemical analyzes (pH, nutrient content, moisture, ammonia volatilized and respired CO2). Was used a completely randomized factorial (16x5) and four replicates, where the factor "A" consists of 16 treatments (five and three chemical conditioners application forms, plus a control) and Factor "B" consists of five lots evaluated. The test was used to compare means, Scott Knott at 5% probability. Among conditioners and tested ways of applying the dose used, aluminum sulfate showed the best results for lowering the pH and ammonia volatilization, particularly when applied in a piecemeal manner, followed by superphosphate, as hydrated lime and limestone did not contribute to decrease in ammonia volatilization, resulting in behavior similar to the witness. The gypsum contributes to reduction in the emission of carbon dioxide when applied in a unique way and parcels. None of the conditioners, the amount and types of applications tested, has the capacity to change the moisture content of the substrate, while the moisture content was not different from the usual management of the aviary, without the use of conditioners. For the nutrient content of the poultry litter was not observed significant gains in final chemical composition, where N and K to the estimated poultry litter with the use of chemical conditioners and different forms of application, where the last analyzed poultry litter batch. However superphosphate containing treatments were observed significant difference in average, when compared with other treatments due to the composition of superphosphate.