Ammonia and odour emitted from deep litter and fully slatted floor systems for growing-finishing pigs

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-210

  Wang, Kaiying ^a   Wei, Bo ^a   Zhu, Songming ^a   Ye, Zhangying ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FERMENTATION; FERTILIZERS; MAMMALS; MANURES; SPACE HEATING; VENTILATION;

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; FERMENTATION SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; ODOUR CONCENTRATIONS; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; PIG PRODUCTION; SLATTED FLOOR; VENTILATION RATE;

FLOORS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 79957927591     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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