Manipulating bedding materials and PLT™ to reduce NH3 emissions from broiler manure

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1952-1960

  Tasistro, Armando S ^a   Cabrera, Miguel L ^b   Ritz, Casey W ^b   Kissel, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bedding materials; Broiler manure; C N ratio; Na bisulfate

Indexed keywords

BEDDING MATERIALS; BROILER MANURE; C/N RATIO; NA BISULFATE;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; COLORIMETRY; INFRARED ABSORPTION; SAWDUST;

EMISSION CONTROL;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BISULFATE SODIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; COLORIMETRY; EMISSION CONTROL; INFRARED ABSORPTION; SAWDUST;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLORIMETRY; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MANURE; NITROGEN; POLLUTION MONITORING; POULTRY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SODIUM; STRAW; WHEAT; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MANURE; MATERIALS TESTING; PAPER; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAWDUST; STRAW; WHEAT; WOOD;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; CHICKENS; COLORIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANURE; NITROGEN; SULFATES; TEMPERATURE; TRITICUM; WOOD;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADABILITY; COLORIMETRY;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 37549063311     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.03.057     Document Type: Article

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