Benefits, concerns and prospects of using goat manure in sub-Saharan Africa

Pastoralism

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Table 2 Nutrient concentration of cattle and goat manure from kraals and compost heap

Species	Manure Type	Nutrient %					Reference
Species	Manure Type	N	P	K	OC	C:N	Reference
Cattle	Fresh	1.68	0.28	0.54	28.0	20	Wuta and Nyamugata 2012
Cattle	Decomposed	1.05	0.26	0.42	18.7	18
Goat	Fresh	2.57	0.36	0.77	26.2	12
Goat	Decomposed	2.23	1.24	3.69	19.1	11
Pig		0.68	0.63	0.49	-	-	Ndambi et al. 2019
Broiler		3.00	1.90	1.71	14.9 [1]	9 [1]
Layer		2.36	1.70	1.10	14.7 [1]	7.8 [1]

N, nitrogen; P, phosphate; K, potassium; OC, organic carbon; C:N, carbon: nitrogen ratio (Maerere et al. 2009)