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Ammonia Emissions and Measurement Techniques at Swine Facilities:A Review

LI Xun,SHI Jian-zhong,TANG Xiang-fang   

  1. (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China)
  • Revised:2014-01-08 Online:2014-02-20 Published:2014-03-27

Abstract: Ammonia (NH3) is a noxious gas and may reduce animal production performance, cause respiratory ailment and great harm to both swine and humans health. In the present paper, ammonia emissions and measurement techniques from swine animal feeding operations were reviewed, which might be as reference for air quality in swine facilities.

Key words: swine; ammonia emissions; measurement techniques