Cattle Urine as a Fertiliser: Micro-biochemical Changes in Fermenting Cattle Urine and Implications on Plant Nutrient Conservation

Kilande, Geroge; Tenywa, J. S.; Rwakaikara-Silver, Mary; Amoding-Katushabe, Alice

doi:10.9734/bmrj/2016/18323

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“…Malaria mosquitoes acquire and allocate nitrogenous compounds through compensatory feeding on cattle urine, i.e., puddling, to enhance life-history traits, similar to that of other insects (Bodri, 2018;Honda et al, 2012;Molleman, 2010;Petit et al, 2019;Shen et al, 2009). Female mosquitoes locate this resource through olfaction, and are able to regulate the uptake of nitrogenous compounds in urine, including the main nitrogenous constituent of urine, urea (Dijkstra et al, 2013;Kilande et al, 2016). Depending on the life stage of the female mosquito, the nutrients within urine are allocated to enhance flight activity and survival in host-seeking females, and survival and reproductive traits in blood-fed individuals.…”

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“…The VOC profile of urine changes with age as a result of microbial activity (Kilande et al, 2016;Okech and Hassanali, 1990;Storer et al, 2011;Troccaz et al, 2013). Host-seeking female An.…”

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“…arabiensis, to fresh and aging cattle urine (Kweka et al, 2009;Mahande et al, 2010), is intriguing. Cattle urine is a resource rich in nitrogenous compounds, with urea making up 50-95 % of the total nitrogen in fresh urine (Dijkstra et al, 2013;Kilande et al, 2016). As cattle urine ages microbes make use of these resources, thereby reducing the complexity of nitrogencontaining compounds within 24 h (Kilande et al, 2016).…”

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“…Cattle urine is a resource rich in nitrogenous compounds, with urea making up 50-95 % of the total nitrogen in fresh urine (Dijkstra et al, 2013;Kilande et al, 2016). As cattle urine ages microbes make use of these resources, thereby reducing the complexity of nitrogencontaining compounds within 24 h (Kilande et al, 2016). With the rapid increase in ammonia, correlating with the decline in organic nitrogen, alkalophilic microbes, many of which produce compounds toxic to mosquitoes, thrive (Kilande et al, 2016), which may be a lead cause of why female An.…”

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“…As cattle urine ages microbes make use of these resources, thereby reducing the complexity of nitrogencontaining compounds within 24 h (Kilande et al, 2016). With the rapid increase in ammonia, correlating with the decline in organic nitrogen, alkalophilic microbes, many of which produce compounds toxic to mosquitoes, thrive (Kilande et al, 2016), which may be a lead cause of why female An. arabiensis are preferentially attracted to urine aged for 24 h or less (Kweka et al, 2011;Mahande et al, 2010).…”

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Malaria mosquitoes acquire and allocate cattle urine to enhance life history traits

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Birgersson

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Nutrient acquisition and allocation integrate foraging and life-history traits in insects. To compensate for the lack of a particular nutrient at different life stages, insects may acquire these through supplementary feeding on e.g., vertebrate secretions, in a process known as puddling. The mosquito Anopheles arabiensis emerges undernourished, and as such, requires nutrients for both metabolism and reproduction. Host-seeking and blood-fed An. arabiensis are attracted to the natural and synthetic odour of cattle urine, which signals a source of nutrients, but not the presence of a host or oviposition site. Females actively imbibe cattle urine, and its main nitrogenous compound, urea, and allocate these resources according to life history trade-offs to flight, survival or reproduction, as a function of physiological state. As a consequence, this behaviour affects vectorial capacity by increasing daily survival and vector density, and thus should be considered in future models. Future vector management strategies are discussed.

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“…The VOC profile of urine changes with age as a result of microbial activity (Kilande et al, 2016;Okech and Hassanali, 1990;Storer et al, 2011;Troccaz et al, 2013). Host-seeking female An.…”

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Effect of cow urine concentration and NPK fertilizer doses on the growth of oil palm seedlings (Elaeis guineensis Jacq)

Jamidi,

Zuliati,

Wirda

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Application of anorganic fertilizers can be reduced by using organic fertilizers such as cow biourine. This study aimed to see the combination of cow biourine and anorganic fertilizers (NPK fertilizer) on the growth of oil palm seedlings. Research was conducted at East Reuleut Village, Muara Batu District, and Agriculture Laboratory of Malikussaleh University on April to June 2021 using factorial Randomized Block Design. Concentration of cow biourine consisting 4 levels : control (U0), 50 cc/L (U1), 75 cc/L (U2), and 100 cc/L (U3). Doses of NPK fertilizer consisting 3 levels, control (N0), 2 g/polybag (N1), and 3 g/polybag (N2), each treatment replicated 3 times. Results showed the interaction between application of cow biourine concentration and NPK fertilizer doses increase plant height on 9 WAP, and number of leave on 11 WAP of oil palm seedlings. Single-dose cow biourine increases plant height growth, stem diameter, chlorophyll content, fresh weight and dry weight of oil palm seedlings. NPK fertilizer separately increases plant height growth, leaf chlorophyll of oil palm seedlings. Interaction between 100 cc/liter of cow biourine concentration + 2 grams/polybag of NPK fertilizer dose was the best combination.

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Utilization of cow urine waste for the manufacture of urine as a form of environmentally friendly dairy farming business

Vebriyanti

Arief

Salundik

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Bio urine is a liquid organic fertilizer that comes from processing livestock waste. Bio urine is very useful and valuable. Processing of urine waste into Bio urine is one of the steps to overcome the problem of environmental pollution caused by the livestock sector. This study aims to determine the quality of Bio urine derived from local microorganisms (MOL) of animal, vegetable and liquid organic fertilizers which were seen from microbiological elements and Fe levels, so that they can be used as environmentally friendly organic fertilizers. Animal mole is made from rumen contents, molasses and water, then fermented aerobically for 14 days. Indigenous microorganism (IMO) from nabati is made from tomato waste, brown sugar, rice washing water, coconut water and fermented with the same aerobic system for 14 days. The research method used a randomized block design with 5 treatments, namely A+: Cow urine + EM4, A-: Cow urine only, B: Cow urine + 100% animal MOL, C: Cow urine + 100% vegetable MOL, D: Cow urine animal MOL 50%+ 100% vegetable MOL Cow Urine, each treatment was repeated 4 times. Parameters observed included pH, total microbial and Fe content. The results showed that the treatment had no significant effect on pH, total colonies and Fe levels, with the results of the study that cow urine added animal MOL, vegetable MOL and the combination gave a pH value of 8.43-9.98, total microbial log 72.363-80.333 and Fe content 0.0002-0.0007 ppm. The results showed that cow urine with the addition of Animal MOL, Vegetable MOL and the combination of the two did not give significantly different effects on P (phosphorus) content, N (Nitrogen) content, and K (Calcium) content.

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Cattle Urine as a Fertiliser: Micro-biochemical Changes in Fermenting Cattle Urine and Implications on Plant Nutrient Conservation

Cited by 6 publications

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Malaria mosquitoes acquire and allocate cattle urine to enhance life history traits

Malaria mosquitoes acquire and allocate cattle urine to enhance life history traits

Effect of cow urine concentration and NPK fertilizer doses on the growth of oil palm seedlings (Elaeis guineensis Jacq)

Utilization of cow urine waste for the manufacture of urine as a form of environmentally friendly dairy farming business

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