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Commercially Processing and Selling Poultry Waste as a Feed Ingredient¹

Olson Farms, Inc., Sherman Oaks, CA 91413

Abstract

Considerable research has shown that dried poultry waste (DPW) can be used as a valuable ingredient in ruminant diets. However, little DPW has been processed and sold commercially. This paper documents the experiences of a commercial concern in the business of processing and selling DPW as a feed ingredient. Manure from cage layers was dried at a steady rate through single pass dehydrators at temperatures from 66 to 77 C for 30 minutes. Quality control was accomplished by routine sampling and analyses, accurate records of diets and medication of the layers producing the manure, knowledge of proper fly control and computer control during the drying process. Aflatoxin, pesticides, pathogens and antibiotics have not been a problem with DPW. Selling price for DPW has ranged from $42 to $72 per metric ton bulk.

¹ Presented at the Joint 70th Annu. Meet, of the ASAS and 73rd Annu. Meet, of the ADSA, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, July 12, 1978, as part of a symposium on Management and Utilization of Animal Waste. The symposium was sponsored by the Animal Waste Management Program Committee, ASAS, with financial assistance from the US Environmental Protection Agency and from the US Food and Drug Administration.

² Formerly Vice-President, Olson Farms, Inc., Executive Vice-President, Protein Resources, Inc. Currently President of Agri-Science Resources, Inc. and David C. Hamblin, Inc.