Odour and fly score analysis of composting of poultry farm waste
IA Baba, MT Banday, HM Khan, AA Khan, A Akhand and M Untoo
The present study was conducted in the Division of Livestock Production and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry (SKUAST- Kashmir) to analyze the odour and fly score cards while composting of poultry farm waste during winter and summer seasons during the year 2016 (January-March for winter trail and May-July for summer trail) under the agro climatic conditions of Kashmir Valley. The duration of each trail was 3 months. The odour and fly score card evaluation was done at every 15 days interval (stage) till the end of the trial (three months). The odour score varied between 6.25 (90th day) and 6.75 (75th day) during winter and 6.00 (45th day) and 6.75 (90th day) during summer seasons. Similarly fly score card of composting process recorded was 6.25 (60th day) and 6.75 (45th) was recorded during winter and 6.00 (60th) and 6.60 (90th day) during summer season. Season had no significant (P<0.05) effect on the odour/score cards. It was concluded that satisfactory results of odour and fly scores were observed while composting of poultry farm waste.
IA Baba, MT Banday, HM Khan, AA Khan, A Akhand, M Untoo. Odour and fly score analysis of composting of poultry farm waste. J Entomol Zool Stud 2018;6(3):530-532.