An insect-based detector of bovine manure odors

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1699-1707

  Raman, D R ^a,b   Gerhardt, R R ^b  

^a ASAE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Face fly; Insect; Manure odors; Odor measurement; Odor panel

Indexed keywords

BOVINE MANURE ODORS; FACE FLY; ODOR MEASUREMENT; ODOR PANEL; SINGLE STREAM INSECT ODORMETER;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; DESIGN; MANURES; MICROPHONES; ODOR CONTROL; ODORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TESTING;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 0031279506     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. ASTM. 1975. Standard practices for referencing suprathreshold odor intensity. Designation E 544-75 (Reapproved 1981). Philadelphia, Pa.: Am. Soc. Testing Materials.
2. Barrington, S. F., K. El Moueddeb and S. Hengnirum. 1995. Biological additives and biofilters. In Proc. Int. Livestock Odor Conf., 185-189. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University College of Agriculture.
3. Bay, D. E. and C. W. Pitts. 1976. Olfactory responses of face flies, Masca autumnalis, to bovine faeces. Annals Ent. Soc. Am. 69(5):933-936.
4. Bowen, M. F. 1991. The sensory physiology of host-seeking behavior in mosquitoes. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 36:139-158.
5. Hancock, R. G. and W. A. Foster. 1993. Effects of preblood-meal sugar on sugar seeking and upwind flight by gravid and parous Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 30(2): 353-359.
6. Hobbs, P. J., T. H. Misselbrook and B. F. Pain. 1995. Assessment of odours from livestock wastes by a photoionization detector, an electronic nose, olfactometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. J. Agric. Eng. Res. 60:137-144.
7. Hobbs, P. J. and B. F. Pain. 1995. Odor reduction in fresh pig slurry by dietary manipulation of protein. In Proc. Int. Livestock Odor Conf., 5-10. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University College of Agriculture.
8. Jones, M., P. J. Watts and R. J. Smith. 1994. A mobile dynamic olfactometer for feedlot odor studies. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 10(3):417-423.
9. Koster, E. P. 1986. Limitations imposed on olfactometric measurements by the human factor. In Odour Prevention and Control of Organic Sludge and Livestock Farming, eds. Nielsen, V. C., J. H. Voorburg and P. L'Hermite, 86-93. London, U.K.: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers.
10. Lord, H. W., W. S. Gatley and H. A. Evensen. 1987. Noise Control for Engineers. Malabar, Fla.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., Inc.
11. Metcalf, R. L. and E. R. Metcalf. 1992. Chemical ecology of plant kairomones. In Plant Kairomones in Insect Ecology and Control, 1-36. New York, N.Y.: Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Inc.
12. Miller, T. A. and R. E. Treece. 1968. Some relationships of face fly feeding, ovarian development, and incidence on dairy cattle. J. Econ. Entomol. 61(1):250-257.
13. Mote, C. R. 1991. Evaluation of a catalytic air-treatment system for ammonia control in broiler houses. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 7(2):254-260.
14. O'Neill, D. H. and V. R. Phillips. 1992. A review of the control of odour nuisance from livestock buildings: Part 3, Properties of the odorous substances which have been identified in livestock wastes or in the air around them. J. Agric. Eng. Res. 53(1):23-50.
15. Powers, W. J., A. C. Wilkie and H. H. Van Horn. 1995. Effect of anaerobic digestion and commercial additives on odors from liquid dairy manure. In Proc. Int. Livestock Odor Conf., 44-49. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University College of Agriculture.
16. Schaefer, J. 1977. Sampling, characterization and analysis of malodours. Agriculture and Environment 3(2/3):121-128.
17. Schneider, D., B. C. Block, J. Boeckh and E. Priesner. 1967. Die reaction der Mannlichen Seidenspinner auf Bombykol und seine Electroantennogramen und Verhalten (The reaction of the male Silk Moth to bombykol and its electroantennogram and behavior). Z. Vgl. Physiol. 54:192-209.
18. Scholtens, R., J. V. Klarenbeek and M. A. Bruins. 1988. Control of ammonia emissions with biofilters and bioscrubbers. In Volatile Emissions from Livestock Fanning and Sewage Operations, eds. V. C. Nielsen, J. H. Voorburg and P. L'Hermite, 196-208. London, U.K.: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers.
19. Sorel, J. E., R. O. Gauntt, J. M. Sweeten, D. L. Reddell and A. R. McFarland. 1983. Design of a 1-butanol scale dynamic olfactometer for ambient odor measurements. Transactions of the ASAE 26(4):1201-1205, 1216.
20. Sweeten, J. M., R. E. Childers Jr., J. S. Cochran and R. Bowler. 1991. Odor control from poultry manure composting plant using a soil filter. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 7(4): 439-449.
21. Teskey, H. J. 1969. On the behavior and ecology of the face fly, Musca autumnalis (Diptera: Muscidae). Canad. Entomol. 101(6):561-576.
22. Thomas, G. D., B. Puffler and C. E. Morgan. 1972. Further studies of field parsitism of the face fly by the nematode Heterotylenchus autumnalis in central Missouri with notes on the gonatrophic cycles of the face fly. Environ. Entomol. 1(6):759-763.
23. Westerman, P. W. and R. Zhang. 1995. Aerobic treatment of animal waste for odor control. In Proc. Int. Livestock Odor Conf., 218-222. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University College of Agriculture.
24. Wilkie, A. C., H. H. Van Horn, W. J. Powers and K. J. Riedesel. 1995. Anaerobic treatment technology an integrated approach to controlling manure odors. In Proc. Int. Livestock Odor Conf., 223-227. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University College of Agriculture.
25. Williams, C. M. and S. S. Schiffman. 1995. Livestock odor control additives: Effectiveness and laboratory-scale protocol for evaluation. In Proc. Int. Livestock Odor Conf., 50-53. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University College of Agriculture.
26. Zeisig, H. D. 1988. Experiences with the use of biofilters to remove odours from piggeries and hen houses. In Volatile Emissions from Livestock Fanning and Sewage Operations, eds. V. C. Nielsen, J. H. Voorburg and P. L'Hermite, 209-216. London, U.K.: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers.
27. Zhang, R., D. S. Bundy and Y. Yin. 1994. Removal of ammonia and odors from contaminated air in animal houses by a ferroelelctric plasma reactor. ASAE Paper No. 94-4056. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASAE.
28. Zhang, R. and P. W. Westerman. 1995. Solid-liquid separation for animal waste. In Proc. Int. Livestock Odor Conf., 228-233. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University College of Agriculture.