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Hydrogen sulfide assessment in shallow-pit swine housing and outside manure storage
In Saskatchewan, some recent incidents have lead us to believe that certain manure management activities can potentially release high concentrations of H2S into the atmosphere of shallow-pit barns....
Effects of feedstock pH, initial CO addition, and total solids content on the thermochemical conversion process of swine manure
The effects of feedstock pH, ratio of initial carbon monoxide to volatile solids (CO/VS), and total solids content of the feedstock on the thermochemical conversion process of swine manure were...
Biological anoxic/aerobic treatment of swine waste for reduction of organic carbon, nitrogen, and odor
A continuous-flow anoxic/aerobic (A/A) biological treatment system designed to treat swine wastewater was investigated. Laboratory studies were conducted to determine the heterotrophic bacteria...
Swine Health - General Disease
Demonstration of porcine circovirus as the cause of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome
Swine Health - General Disease
Demonstration of pathogenicity in CDCD pigs with a cytopathic agent isolated from farm with “Sow abortion and mortality syndrome”
Environment - Air
Development of a Standardized Method for Odor Quantification from Livestock Wastes: Development of a Odor
DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDARDIZED METHOD FOR ODOR QUANTIFICATION FROM LIVESTOCK WASTES: DEVELOPMENT OF A ODOR INDEX
Odor production is an issue of extreme importance to the swine industry. Indeed, it is becoming more difficult to operate a facility in the light of public sentiment and development of new facilities...
Pork Quality
Effects of pH, Temperature Nd Muscle Fiber Type on Postmortem Metabolism
Swine Health - General Disease
Porcine Circoviral Associated Disease: Lesions, concurrent infectious agents, efficacy of diagnostic tests in clinical samples and tissues and comparison of genomic homology
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