Manure odor potential and Escherichia coli concentrations in manure slurries of feedlot steers fed 40% corn wet distillers grains

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1498-1506

  Varel, Vincent H ^a   Wells, James E ^a   Berry, Elaine D ^a   Miller, Dan N ^b  

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

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; FEEDLOT MANURE; INCUBATION TIME; ISOVALERATE; MANURE SLURRY; ODOR EMISSION; ODOR POTENTIAL; P-CRESOL; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING; MOISTURE; NUTRITION; ODOR CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

MANURES;

ACETIC ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BUTYRIC ACID; CRESOL; INDOLE; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; ISOVALERIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; SKATOLE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; MANURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BULLOCK; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANURE; NONHUMAN; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BACTERIAL COUNT; BOVINAE; DIET; MAIZE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIET; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALE; MANURE; ODORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; ZEA MAYS;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955616287     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0472     Document Type: Article

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