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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
A micrometeorological mass balance approach for greenhouse gas flux measurements from stored animal manure
Storage of animal manure is estimated to be a significant agricultural source of the greenhouse gases methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). These estimates are, however, quite uncertain due to the...
Short-term C and N dynamics in a soil amended with pig slurry and barley straw: a field experiment
Interactions between animal slurries and crop residues can impact on soil N availability during decomposition. Our objective was to study the short-term decomposition of pig slurry and barley straw...
Dietary manipulation to reduce ammonia concentrations in nursery pig facilities
Two 4-wk trials (preliminary study) and three 5-wk trials (major study) were conducted to determine the effects of adding Yucca schidigera extract or anhydrous calcium chloride to nursery diets on...
Microbial quality of runoff following land application of cattle manure and swine slurry
Concentrations of human health-related microorganisms in runoff from agricultural plots (0.75 m x 2 m) treated with fresh and aged cattle manure, swine slurry and no manure (control) were determined....
Greenhouse gas emissions from liquid swine manure storage facilities in Saskatchewan
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from manure storage facilities at four different commercial farrow-to-finish swine operations under liquid manure management located in Saskatchewan, Canada, were...
Environment - Air
Subsurface drip irrigation versus center-pivot sprinkler for applying swine effluent to corn
A risk-averse irrigated corn producer would be better off choosing the more expensive subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) over center-pivot sprinkler (CPS), given limited aquifer life and swine effluent...
Characteristics and emission rates of odor from commercial swine nurseries
Odor emission rates and characteristics were evaluated at two commercial swine nurseries in Indiana during the months of March, April, and May. The nurseries, housing 94 to 250 pigs, were...
