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Enzyme Activities in Bedding and Soil Layers of Pig Bio-beds
  
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KeyWord:Bio-bed pig raising; bedding material; catalase activity; cellulase activity; protease activity
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LI Mai-jun College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225127,China 
MA Han College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225127,China 
GUO Hai-ning College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225127,China 
YIN Wei-qin College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225127,China 
WANG Xiao-zhi College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225127,China 
FENG Ke College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225127,China 
GU Hong-ru Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014,China 
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Abstract:
      Fermentation bed, namely bio-bed, is a newly developed pig-raising system, which realizes zero-pollutant discharge from pig-raising. An experiment was conducted in Tianpeng Bio-bed Pig Raising Farms, Siyang, Jiangsu Province, from November 17, 2012 to May 24, 2013. Catalase, cellulase and protease activities were determined in bedding(0~20 cm, 20~40 cm) and soil(40~60 cm, 60~80 cm) layers. The results showed that all enzyme activities decreased significantly(P<0.05) with depth; whereas catalase and cellulase activities significantly increased but protease activity tended to decrease with time in bedding layer(0~40 cm)(P<0.05). No apparent changes of enzyme activities were observed in soil layer.