IMO in der Schweinehaltung
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The traditional piggery usually consists of paved floors and walls of either bricks, wooden or mud and wattle but this has been modified to contain translucent sheets on the rooftops and unequal roof. The use of a translucent corrugated sheet on the roof to concentrate the sunrays and produce heat in the litter inside the pigsty. Unequal wall heights to leave space after roofing, facilitates expulsion of warm air out of the structure through the roof. Digging of a pit 30cm below the ground before pouring the saw dust litter. To maximise the trapping of sunrays the orientation of the building should be east-west so that the morning and evening sun is captured and utilised.
IMO im Futter
The liquid IMO culture is applied to saw-dust while the pigs are being fed with the usual food. The micro organisms then digest the cellulose in saw dust and the pigs start eating the saw dust. “The pigs’ excrement is so odourless, clean and dry, that you literally don’t even have to clean it out. As the organisms continue to digest the cellulose in saw dust, the quantity will require to be replenished as the pigs eat a most of the litter”, Lagu says. The inputs are made from natural materials, which are not only safe for the environment, but actually invigorate and rehabilitate the ecology. Disease control: The conditions inside the house where pigs are reared naturally do not favour survival of disease causing pathogens. Also due to confinement, disease is rare in pigs reared as such. Production of organic fertiliser: Ultimately, the decomposed litter will be removed from the pig sty and used as manure. This manure is rich in IMO and is more useful in improving the health of soil than chemical fertilisers. Rev Musiime attests that since he started his piggery he has not spent money on treating the animals because IMO has been very effective. “My animals have never fallen sick and they do not give out the offensive smell since the excreta dries up easily,” he says.