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Swine Health - General Disease
Understanding Swine Hepatitis E Virus Infection and Immunity
Swine Health - General Disease
Development and use of ELISA tests for determining the seroprevalence of porcine circovirus antibodies in pigs
Swine Health - General Disease
Pathogenesis of Type 2 Porcine Circovirus Infection
Reduction of Odorous Sulfide and Phenolic Compounds in Pig Manure Through Diet Modification
Three replicate 4 X 4 factorial trials were conducted with growing-finishing crossbred gilts, fitted with cecal cannulas, to determine the effects of amino acid utilization, fiber and anthraquinone...
High dietary copper improves odor characteristics of swine waste
We conducted two experiments to determine the effects of dietary copper concentration and source on odor characteristics of swine waste. In both experiments, 192 weanling gilts and barrows were...
Comparison of the odour levels of biofiltered air and ambient farmyard air
Two experimental biofilters were used to determine whether an airstream treated by a biofilter could be distinguished from ambient farmyard air. Odourous air (mean of 958 OU measured using...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Impact of feeders and drinker devices on pig performance, water use, and manure volume
Objective: To determine the impact of feeder and drinker designs on pig performance, water use, and manure volume. Methods: Experiment One compared a wet/dry feeder to a dry feeder with...
Greenhouse gas emissions from stored liquid swine manure in a cold climate
Current global warming has been linked to increases in greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations. Animal manure is an important source of anthropogenic GHG, mostly of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)....
Evaluation of Biosafe as an additive to reduce odor from swine manure
Bench scale experiments were performed to determine the effect of adding various amounts of the product Biosafe to swine manure. In particular, it was desired to determine if addition of Biosafe...
