Abattoir Practices and Animal Products Technology

ORGANIC FERTILIZER

• Split and soiled blood is collected in drums and transported in closed vehicles in 4-6 hrs for processing as fertilizers.
• This blood is preserved by treating with 2% formalin or 2% Lysol solution and dried in sun.
• Dried blood contains about 12% nitrogen with traces of phosphorus, iron and copper.
• It is generally used as compound fertilizer after supplementing with super-phosphates.
• Thus, animal blood can be subjected to multiple uses and the list is so varied.