manure

thumb|Animal manure is often a mixture of animal feces and bedding straw, as in this example from a [[stable.]]

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Manure is a mixture of animal waste and bedding material, such as straw, that accumulates in places where livestock are kept. It matters because it is commonly used as a fertilizer to enrich soil for growing crops.

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Manure-borne pathogens as an important source of water contamination: An update on the dynamics of pathogen survival/transport as well as practical risk mitigation strategies.ReviewInternational journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2020Alegbeleye OO, Sant'Ana ASDOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113524
Animal manure application promotes nitrogen and organic carbon accumulation in soil organic matter fractions: A global meta-analysis.ReviewThe Science of the total environment · 2025Denoncourt C, Chantigny MH, Angers DA et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180097
Technologies to recover nitrogen from livestock manure - A review.ReviewThe Science of the total environment · 2021Pandey B, Chen LDOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147098
Impact of Bacillus subtilis on manure solids, odor, and microbiome.Journal of environmental management · 2023Hwang O, Yun YM, Trabue SDOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117390
Manure application: A trigger for vertical accumulation of antibiotic resistance genes in cropland soils.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2022Mu M, Yang F, Han B et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113555
Utilization of current pyrolysis technology to convert biomass and manure waste into biochar for soil remediation: A review.ReviewThe Science of the total environment · 2023Tan S, Zhou G, Yang Q et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160990
Contrasting dynamics of manure-borne antibiotic resistance genes in different soils.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2022Zhang H, Ling H, Zhou R et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114162
Fall-applied manure can conserve excess soil-profile inorganic-N for the subsequent cropping year.Journal of environmental quality · 2025Lentz RD, Ippolito JADOI: 10.1002/jeq2.70040

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Animal manure
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thumb|Animal manure is often a mixture of animal feces and bedding straw, as in this example from a [[stable.]]

Manure is organic matter that is used as organic fertilizer in agriculture. Most manure consists of animal feces; other sources include compost and green manure. Manures contribute to the fertility of soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen, that are utilised by bacteria, fungi, and other organisms in the soil. Higher organisms then feed on the fungi and bacteria in a chain of life that comprises the soil food web.