The effect of livestock manures on growth and nutritive values of Eisenia foetida

A study (5 weeks duration) was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of an exotic earthworm species (Eisenia foetida) for decomposition of four different types of organic materials ; peat soil as control,goat manures,cow manures and mixtures of goat and cow manures into valuable vermicompost . Each treatment group consisted of three replicates and worm vermicasts and earthworm were examined after 5 weeks . The percentage of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium in vermicompost was significantly increase (p