Effects of dietary ingredients on manure characteristics and odorous emissions from swine
March 1, 1999
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...
Development of a Site-Specific Odor Impact Distance Guideline for Swine Production Systems
March 1, 1999By Dr. Albert Heber
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...
Pork Quality
Dietary Vitamin Needs of Pigs for Specific Biological Processes
January 25, 1999By Tim S. Stahly
Swine Health - General Disease
Subunit Vaccines to Prevent and Control PRRS Viral Infections
January 20, 1999By Anuradha Subramanian
Reduction of odour and gas emissions from swine buildings using canola oil sprinkling and alternate diets
January 1, 1999
This three year project evaluates the impact of four different canola oil application rates combined with specific diet formulations on odour and gas emissions from grower-finisher swine buildings....
Impacts of swine manure pits on groundwater quality
January 1, 1999By I. G. Krapac
Manure deep-pits are commonly used to store manure at confined animal feeding operations. However, previous to this study little information had been collected on the impacts of deep-pits on...
Utilization of Nutrients in anaerobically-pretreated swine wastewater for greenhouse tomato production
January 1, 1999
Swine waste treatment in North Carolina typically consists of an anaerobic lagoon and sprayfield upon which crops are grown to utilize the nutrients. Currently, swine lagoon effluent must be applied...
Design and evaluation of an open biofilter for treatment of odour from swine barns during sub-zero ambient temperatures
January 1, 1999
Open biofilters have previously been shown to reduce odour from typical swine production facilities, but it was not known whether the exhaust air contained sufficient heat to prevent the biofilter...
Swine effluent compared to inorganic fertilizers for tomato production
January 1, 1999
Five fertilizer treatments, three of which included swine effluent, were evaluated for plasticulture production of tomato, cv. Mountain Spring, grown on raised beds with black polyethylene mulch and...
Effect of anaerobic digestion on struvite production for nutrient removal from swine waste prior to land application
January 1, 1999By Lara Beal Moody
Swine production facilities are becoming larger in size and are concentrated in smaller geographical areas. Additionally, there is an increasing trend to base manure land application rates on crop...
