Composting Dynamics, Bedding Properties, and Seasonal Effects in Composting and Non-Composting Bedded-Pack Barns in a Subtropical Region
Beatriz Danieli, Maksuel Gatto de Vitt, Fábio José Gomes Bertipaglia, Juliano Vitória Domingues, Aline Zampar, Maria Luísa Appendino Nunes Zotti, Patrícia Ferreira Ponciano Ferraz, Ana Luiza Bachmann Schogor · 2026
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Description
Danieli and colleagues compared bedding behavior in nine subtropical dairy farms using bedded-pack barns, some managed for active composting and some not. Farms fell into large full-time composting, adapted full-time composting, and partial non-composting groups. The team measured bedding temperature and moisture around the clock in cold and hot seasons, plus pH, density, depth, and particle size.
Bedding ran hotter in the hot season, and adapted composting barns reached the highest temperatures, while partial barns stayed too cool for composting. Moisture dropped in the hot season for the composting groups and tracked temperature closely. Only the actively managed barns sustained conditions favorable to composting over a full day.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Beatriz Danieli, Maksuel Gatto de Vitt, Fábio José Gomes Bertipaglia, Juliano Vitória Domingues, Aline Zampar, Maria Luísa Appendino Nunes Zotti, Patrícia Ferreira Ponciano Ferraz, Ana Luiza Bachmann Schogor |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |