Several technological options can be used in order both to recover energy and to ensure the correct disposal of
such farm by-product [5]; anaerobic digestion is a diffuse possible solution: indeed, some literary works
demonstrated the possibility to improve in lab the digestion yields by using self mixed anaerobic digester (SMAD)
and by enhancing hydrolysis and methane production from poultry litter by means of thermo-chemical pre- and
biological co-treatments [6, 7]. Biogas plant using both waste and animal manure as input matter are diffused in
European rural lands [8]. Another chance for the disposal of poultry manure is the aerobic treatment prior to
spreading in the fields; it has been shown that composting of poultry litter converted the soluble nutrients to more
stable organic forms, thereby reducing their bioavailability and susceptibility to loss when applied to crop fields
[9,10]; in addiction, the aerobic phase allows the reduction of the litter moisture content [11].