Ammonia emissions from livestock industries in Canada: Feasibility of abatement strategies

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2618-2626

  Carew, Richard ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abatement strategies; Canada; Livestock; NH3 emissions

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT STRATEGIES; ALBERTA; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; ANIMAL AGRICULTURE; CANADA; DAIRY CATTLES; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; LIVESTOCK; NH3 EMISSIONS; ONTARIO; SASKATCHEWAN; SEPARATION METHODS;

AMMONIA; BIOFILTRATION; DAIRIES;

AGRICULTURE;

AMMONIA; AIR POLLUTANT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SEPARATION;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVESTOCK; MILK; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SWINE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 77958169519     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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