Plant oils thymol and eugenol affect cattle and swine waste emissions differently

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 207-213

  Varel, V H ^a   Miller, D N ^a   Lindsay, A D ^b  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b EcoSmart Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Eugenol; Livestock wastes; Odors; Pathogens; Thymol

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMS; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROORGANISMS; ODORS; OILS AND FATS; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

EUGENOL; GREENHOUSE GASES; PLANT OILS; THYMOL;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

CARVACROL; CLOVE OIL; EUGENOL; LACTIC ACID; THYMOL; VEGETABLE OIL; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PH; SWINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; SUS SCROFA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 4644224847     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0265     Document Type: Article

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