The effects of dietary protein content and manure handling technique on ammonia emissions during short-term storage of dairy cow manure

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dc.contributor.authorSparks, J. A.en
dc.contributor.authorOgejo, Jactone Arogoen
dc.contributor.authorCyriac, J.en
dc.contributor.authorHanigan, Mark D.en
dc.contributor.authorKnowlton, Katharine F.en
dc.contributor.authorGay, S. W.en
dc.contributor.authorMarr, Linsey C.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineeringen
dc.contributor.departmentBiological Systems Engineeringen
dc.contributor.departmentDairy Scienceen
dc.date.accessed2014-05-29en
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-30T13:13:45Zen
dc.date.available2014-05-30T13:13:45Zen
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.description.abstractAn improved understanding of the potential for dietary protein manipulation to reduce ammonia emissions from dairy farms during various stages of manure handling is needed for both modeling and policy-making efforts. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of dietary protein manipulation on ammonia emissions from relatively freshly voided dairy cow manure in three types of removal systems: scraped manure removal systems, flushed manure removal systems, and flushed manure removal systems with a solids separator. Emissions were measured using a dynamic flux chamber for 12 h or more. Ammonia fluxes and emission factors per mass of manure were not affected by dietary protein content because fluxes depended mainly on total ammoniacal nitrogen (TAN) concentration, which did not vary with diet. However, emissions on a per-cow basis were 12% lower with the diet containing 15.0% crude protein as compared to the one with 17.8% (a change in crude protein of 16%) due to reduced urine output. The largest absolute impact of dietary protein manipulation would be with separated liquids because their emission factor was approximately four times higher than for the other types of manure. While dietary protein manipulation can reduce ammonia emissions from manure during long-term storage, its effectiveness in the hours immediately after manure is excreted is limited because emissions are more sensitive to other factors, including temperature and extent of mixing of the manure, that vary widely under real operating conditions on a farm.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUSDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) 2006-35112-16635en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationSparks, J. A.; Ogejo, J. A.; Cyriac, J.; Hanigan, M. D.; Knowlton, K. F.; Gay, S. W.; Marr, L. C., "The effects of dietary protein content and manure handling technique on ammonia emissions during short-term storage of dairy cow manure," Transactions of the ASABE. 54(2): 675-683. (doi: 10.13031/2013.36470) @2011en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.13031/2013.36470en
dc.identifier.issn2151-0032en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/48193en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=36470&t=3&dabs=Y&redir=&redirType=en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineersen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAir qualityen
dc.subjectAmmonia emissionen
dc.subjectDairy cowsen
dc.subjectDietary manipulationen
dc.subjectManureen
dc.subjectManure managementen
dc.subjectFree-stall dairyen
dc.subjectCattle manureen
dc.subjectCrude proteinen
dc.subjectHolstein heifersen
dc.subjectNitrogenen
dc.subjectVolatilizationen
dc.subjectExcretionen
dc.subjectRationsen
dc.subjectSlurryen
dc.subjectLayersen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.titleThe effects of dietary protein content and manure handling technique on ammonia emissions during short-term storage of dairy cow manureen
dc.title.serialTransactions of the ASABEen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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