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  • A long, watertight compartment often constructed beneath a slatted or gridded floor in a building designed to collect faeces and urine as slurry or liquid manure prior to discharging under gravity to longer-term storage. A gate valve or sluice gate may be built into the channel to provide short-term storage. Commonly used in housing for fattening pigs or tied stall for cattle.

    Created: 10/27/21

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