Air emissions from tom and hen turkey houses in the U.S. midwest

Hong Li, Hongwei Xin, Robert Burns, Larry Jacobson, Sally Noll, Steven Hoff, Jay Harmon, Jacek Koziel, Ipek Celen

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Abstract

Considerable progress has been made toward collection of baseline data on air emissions from U.S. animal feeding operations. However, limited data exist in the literature regarding turkey air emissions. The project described in this paper continuously monitored ammonia (NH3) and particulate matter (PM) emissions from turkey production houses in Iowa (IA) and Minnesota (MN) for one year (2007-2008), with IA monitoring Hybrid torn turkeys (6-20 wk of age) and MN monitoring Hybrid hens (6-12 wk of age). Mobile air emission monitoring units (MAEMUs) were used in the continuous monitoring. Based on the one-year measurement at the IA and MN sites, each involving three flocks of birds, the cumulative NH3 emission (mean ± SE) was 144 ± 11 g/bird marketed for the torn turkeys and 104 ± 4 g/bird marketed for the hen turkeys, both including downtime emissions. The cumulative PM10 emission (mean ± SE) was 29 ± 3.7 g/bird marketed for the torn turkeys and 5 ± 2.6 g/bird marketed for the hen turkeys. The cumulative PM2.5 emission (mean ± SE) was 3.8 ± 0.8 g/bird marketed for the torn turkeys (not monitored for the hen turkeys).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAmerican Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009, ASABE 2009
Pages3323-3339
Number of pages17
StatePublished - 2009
EventAmerican Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009 - Reno, NV, United States
Duration: Jun 21 2009Jun 24 2009

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009, ASABE 2009
Volume5

Other

OtherAmerican Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityReno, NV
Period6/21/096/24/09

Keywords

  • Air emission
  • Ammonia
  • National air emissions inventory
  • Particulate matter
  • Turkeys

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