NH3 Emissions and N-Balances for a 1.6 Million Caged Layer Facility: Manure Belt/Composting vs. Deep Pit Operation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1977-1984

  Keener, H M ^a   Elwell, D L ^a   Grande, D ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Composting; Emissions; Nitrogen balance; Odor; Poultry manure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMPOSTING; DATA ACQUISITION; MANURES; ODOR CONTROL;

DEEP-PIT SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; COMPOSTING; MANURE; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0242486683     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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