Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4220
Title: Recent advances in Australian broiler litter utilisation
Contributor(s): Turnell, James Robert  (author); Faulkner, Richard David  (author); Hinch, Geoffrey  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2007
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4220
Abstract: The global poultry industry is undergoing many changes, one being the need for efficient disposal of its broiler litter (BL) due to a reduction in the land available for cost effective disposal. To date, Australian BL disposal has been achieved by selling the litter as a fertiliser to agricultural sectors. Research indicates BL and other poultry industry waste streams could be used as a food source for vermiculture systems, allowing the sale of vermi-cast as a biologically enhanced fertiliser and worms for protein. If this approach is economically viable then the poultry industry could reduce its environmental impact and operate more like a closed loop system. Integrated bio-systems using vermiculture, composting and waste-to-energy technologies have developed significantly overseas and have shown potential to solve many of the issues associated with poultry waste disposal.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: World's Poultry Science Journal, 63(2), p. 223-231
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1743-4777
0043-9339
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070207 Humane Animal Treatment
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 830309 Poultry
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Publisher/associated links: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1030904
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Environmental and Rural Science

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