The influence of diet crude protein level on odour and ammonia emissions from finishing pig houses

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-315

  Hayes, E T ^a   Leek, A B G ^a   Curran, T P ^a   Dodd, V A ^a   Carton, O T ^b   Beattie, V E ^c   O'Doherty, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c DEVENISH NUTRITION LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abatement; Ammonia; Crude protein; Diet; Odour; Olfactometry; Pig

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COST ACCOUNTING; GAS EMISSIONS; MANURES; ODORS; PROTEINS;

NALOPHAN BAGS;

NUTRITION;

AMMONIA; BUTANOL; PROTEIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EVAPORATION; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; IRELAND; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ODOR CONTROL; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTOMETRY; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWINE; TUBE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0242439334     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(03)00184-6     Document Type: Article

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