Environment - Manure Storage / Application
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Pork Quality
Modeling Postmortem Physical and Chemical Changes in Muscle to Predict Water Holding Capacity and Color in Fresh Pork
Swine Health - General Disease
Human transmission of transmissible gastroenteritis virus from infected to non-infected
Animal Well-being
Perceptions among college students about food safety and animal care and ethics in food animal production. Implications for veterinary medicine and the swine industry
Effect of carvacrol and thymol on odor emissions from livestock wastes
A majority of the beef cattle and swine in the United States is produced in confined facilities. This generates significant environmental pollutants from the waste produced, including global warming...
Ammonia volatilization and soil nitrogen dynamics following fall application of pig slurry on canola crop residues
Land application of liquid manures is a major source of atmospheric ammonia. The presence of crop residues on the soil surface usually increases emissions by retarding slurry infiltration, whereas...
Quantification of odors and odorants from swine operations in North Carolina
A total of 331 different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and fixed gases from swine facilities in North Carolina, USA, were identified by gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry. Of these,...
Occurrence and diversity of tetracycline resistance genes in lagoons and groundwater underlying two swine production facilities
In this study, we used PCR typing methods to assess the presence of tetracycline resistance determinants conferring ribosomal protection in waste lagoons and in groundwater underlying two swine...
Gaseous nitrogen emissions and forage nitrogen uptake on soils fertilized with raw and treated swine manure
Treatments to reduce solids content in liquid manure have been developed, but little information is available on gaseous N emissions and plant N uptake after application of treated liquid swine...
Composted swine manure effects on germination and early growth of crop and weed species under greenhouse conditions
The effects of composted swine manure (0, 8, 16 or 24 mg C/ha) on maize (cv. Pioneer 3563), soyabean (cv. Pioneer 92B84), winter wheat (cv. Arapahoe), velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti), giant foxtail...
