Table 7. Effects of probiotics supplementation on gas emissions in growing-finishing pigs manure compost (Exp 2)

Items, ppm CON1) T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 SE p-value
1 week
 H2S 6.00 3.00 2.47 3.18 2.49 2.52 1.85 0.980 0.124
 NH3 16.64a 8.83b 6.24bc 8.98b 5.29c 5.34c 2.43d 0.922 < 0.001
 CH3SH 2.86 1.45 1.24 1.53 1.30 1.31 0.99 0.504 0.232
4 weeks
 H2S 1.09 0.41 0.34 0.42 0.36 0.36 0.19 0.205 0.111
 NH3 5.05a 2.17b 1.67b 2.34b 1.92b 1.99b 0.80c 0.212 < 0.001
 CH3SH 0.95 0.81 0.69 0.82 0.71 0.72 0.52 0.097 0.127
8 weeks
 H2S 0.30 0.15 0.12 0.16 0.13 0.12 0.09 0.059 0.289
 NH3 0.70 0.31 0.25 0.32 0.26 0.26 0.16 0.126 0.129
 CH3SH 0.11 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.03 0.198 0.243
12 weeks
 H2S 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.003 0.123
 NH3 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.13 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.004 0.156
 CH3SH 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.005 0.605
CON, normal compost without probiotics; T1, spray Bacillus subtilis 10 g per 3.306 m2; T2, spray Bacillus subtilis 40 g per 3.306 m2; T3, spray Saccharomyces cerevisiae 10 g per 3.306 m2; T4, spray Saccharomyces cerevisiae 40 g per 3.306 m2; T5, spray (Bacillus subtilis 5 g + Saccharomyces cerevisiae 5 g) per 3.306 m2; T6, spray (Bacillus subtilis 20g + Saccharomyces cerevisiae 20 g) per 3.306 m2.
Means in the same row with different letters indicate different significantly (p < 0.05).
H2S, hydrogen sulfide; NH3, ammonia; CH3SH, methyl mercaptan.