Chemical characteristics of beddings for swine: Effects of bedding depths and of addition of inoculums in a pilot-scale

► The chemical content of rice husk beddings with depths of 0.25 m and 0.50 m was evaluated in two repeats. ► Inoculums were added to the bedding: Bacillus cereus var. toyoii; a pool of Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus polymyxa; in comparison with a control treatment with no inoculums. ► The inoculums did not affect the beddings chemical content. ► Agronomic value was better for the 0.25 m deep bedding and for beddings from the second repeat.