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Table 1 Description of below ground cattle manure sampling sites

From: Development of a test method for transformation of veterinary pharmaceuticals and biocides in anaerobic liquid manure

Code

Manure storage tank volume (m3)

Stock

Last treatment before X months

Feeding

Beef cattle

Dairy cow

Young cattle

NRWa_1c

100

100

45

Pasture, silage (pasture)

NRW_2c

100

80

30

3–6

Pasture, silage (pasture), mash

NRW_3c

100

80

> 6

Silage (pasture, corn), shred

NRW_4c

80

900

> 6

Silage (corn)

NRW_5c

100

200

> 6

Silage (corn), food for fattening (e.g. rape shred)

NDSb_1c

70

50

50c

3–6

Silage (pasture, corn)

NDS_2c

100

170

170c

> 6

Silage (pasture), straw

Hed_1c

70

90

45

3–6

Pasture, silage (corn)

BAYe_1c

250f

65

30

> 6

Cereals, silage (corn)

BAY_2c

2 × 250

40

30

> 6

Silage (pasture, corn), hay

  1. aNRW North-Rhine-Westphalia
  2. bNDS lower saxony
  3. cCalves
  4. dHe Hesse
  5. eBAY Bavaria
  6. fOpen storage tank