[5-1130-P] Postharvest/Food Technology and Process Engineering (5th)

[5-1130-P-09] Prospects of Biogas Production From The Manure of Dairy Cattle Fed on Iron-supplemented Ration

*Mohamed Farghali^1,2, Maejima Mayumi³, Kuramoto Syo³, Aoki Satoshi⁴, Yasui Seiichi⁵, Sayoko Takashima ¹, Hijiri Ono¹, Yuhendra AP¹, Takaki Yamashiro⁶, Moustafa M. Ahmed², Saber Kotb², Masahiro Iwasaki¹, Kazutaka Umetsu¹ (1. Graduate School of Animal and Food Hygiene, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine(Japan), 2. Department of Animal and Poultry Hygiene & Environmental Sanitation, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University(Egypt), 3. Maezawa Engineering service Inc.(Japan), 4. Maezawa Industries Inc.(Japan), 5. Hokkaido Air Water Inc.(Japan), 6. Tokachi Agri Works (Japan))

Keywords:iron supplement, animal feed, biogas, manure, anaerobic digestion

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising bio-technology for energy recovery from organic wastes. This study provides a novel method for the enhanced AD of dairy manure (DM) without pre/post-treatment by the direct supplementation of special natural ash from soil called Mineraso (MS) to the feed of lactating Holstein dairy cattle (HDC). MS is chiefly composed of approximately 84.8% of iron hydroxide. MS was supplemented at rates of 0 (F1), 25 (F2), and 50 (F3) g/head of HDC/day for two months. Thereafter, the manure of each group of HDC was collected and examined for iron concentrations prior to the batch AD experiments. The results revealed that the amounts of iron excreted in manure were reduced by 63.64% and 68.42%, respectively. Interestingly, the supplementation of MS at concentrations of 25 and 50 g/head of HDC improved biogas yields from DM by 21.90% and 40.05%, respectively than the control (no MS supplementation). Additionally, the equivalent dosages of MS improved methane yield by 25.87% and 46.51%, respectively. The highest cumulative production of biogas and CH₄ was 1.11 and 0.63 L/gVS removed, respectively, which was achieved by F3 supplement, while the corresponding values in the case of F1 were 0.79 and 0.43 L/gVS removed. Therefore, the supplementation of animals with iron-containing MS might represent a sustainable and practical approach to enhancing CH₄ yields.