Dust emissions from a tunnel-ventilated broiler poultry shed with fresh and partially reused litter

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 552-556

  Modini, Robin L ^a   Agranovski, Victoria ^a,c   Meyer, N K ^a,d   Gallagher, Erin ^b   Dunlop, Mark ^b   Ristovski, Zoran D ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TUNNEL;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77953796013     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN09207     Document Type: Article

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