Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Pork Checkoff Research
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Development of a Site-Specific Odor Impact Distance Guideline for Swine Production Systems
The determination of odor-based setbacks for swine facilities is an important issue for producers today. Sufficient setbacks prevent costly nuisance complaints and lawsuits, and excessive setbacks...
Effects of dietary ingredients on manure characteristics and odorous emissions from swine
Two feeding studies were conducted to examine the impact of dietary inclusion of specific feed ingredients on manure characteristics and manure odour. In one study, 72 finishing pigs were used to...
Pork Quality
Dietary Vitamin Needs of Pigs for Specific Biological Processes
Swine Health - General Disease
Subunit Vaccines to Prevent and Control PRRS Viral Infections
Evaluating peats for their capacities to remove odorous compounds from liquid swine manure using headspace "solid-phase microextraction"
This paper reports on research designed to investigate the capacities of different highly characterized peats to remove odorous compounds from liquid swine manure (LSM). Peat types representing a...
Shallow subsurface drains to reduce nitrate losses from drained agricultural lands
Nitrate losses from subsurface drainage systems remain an important environmental concern. Data were collected from two drainage systems near Plymouth, North Carolina, to evaluate the effect of...
Nitrogen Recovery and Partitioning with Different Rates and Methods of Sidedressed Manure
Animal manure is an important source of N for crops in areas with intensive livestock production. Variable manure N availability can incite over-application of manure or supplemental fertilizer...
N-source effects on temporal distribution of NO3-N leaching losses to subsurface drainage water
Understanding the temporal distribution of NO3-N leaching losses from subsurface drained ?tile? fields as a function of climate and management practices can help develop strategies for its...
Phosphorus runoff from incorporated and surface-applied liquid swine manure and phosphorus fertilizer
Excessive fertilization with organic and/or inorganic P amendments to cropland increases the potential risk of P loss to surface waters. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of...
