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With a shortage of conventional
wood shaving bedding material for animals such as poultry, and the post-industrial
waste problem of short-fiber residuals (SFR) from pulp and paper production,
this project sought to evaluate SFR for use as a poultry bedding product.
The mill-based SFR bedding formulations performed equal to traditional
beddings in one actual growth period for poultry. Bird health, litter
caking, and use of the spent litter in a compost were evaluated.
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