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Table 10 Nitrogen and phosphorus production by livestock, and percentage losses in run-off (based on [51]).

From: Hindcasting of nutrient loadings from its catchment on a highly valuable coastal lagoon: the example of the Fleet, Dorset, UK, 1866–2004

 

Characteristic loadings

(kg ca-1 yr-1)

% of manure voided:

% of manure voided lost to run-off

 

N

P

directly to land

in stock houses and stored

% lost during storage

% of total applied to land

N

P

Cattle

70.2

7.65

50

50

10

95

16.15

2.85

Sheep

8.9

1.5

100

0

0

100

17

3

Pigs

18.75

5.63

0

100

15

85

14.45

2.55

Poultry

0.3

0.2

0

100

10

90

15.3

2.7

Horses

76.8

11.4

50

50

10

95

16.15

2.85

  1. kg ca-1 yr-1 = kg per capita per annum.