Emissions of sulfur-containing odorants, ammonia, and methane from pig slurry: Effects of dietary methionine and benzoic acid

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1097-1107

  Eriksen, Jørgen ^a   Adamsen, Anders Peter S ^a   Nørgaard, Jan V ^a   Poulsen, Hanne D ^a   Jensen, Bent Borg ^a   Petersen, Søren O ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; BENZOIC ACID; DIMETHYL DISULFIDES; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; EMISSION PATTERN; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEEDING EXPERIMENTS; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANETHIOL; ODOR EMISSION; ODOR PROBLEMS; PIG SLURRIES; S COMPOUNDS; STRONG INTERACTION; SULFUR GAS; SULFUR-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; NUTRITION; ODOR CONTROL; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; SLURRIES; SLURRY PIPELINES; SULFUR;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

AMMONIA; BENZOIC ACID; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYL TRISULFIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; METHIONINE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR CONTROL; SWINE; URINE PH; VOLATILIZATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BENZOIC ACID; CRESOLS; DIET; INDOLES; METHANE; METHIONINE; ODORS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SULFUR; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77952187821     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0400     Document Type: Article

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