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ISSN : 1225-2964(Print)
ISSN : 2287-3317(Online)
Annals of Animal Resource Sciences Vol.33 No.4 pp.151-159
DOI : https://doi.org/10.12718/AARS.2022.33.4.151

Comparison of the Effect of Microbial Agent Spraying on Odor Reduction in Pig Farms by Farm Size and Barn Type

Tae-Hwan Park1, Duck-Min Ha2, Jeong-Cheol Han2, Doo-Hwan Kim3
1CEO, Taewon Pig Farm, Sancheong 52259, Korea
2Researcher, Agri-Food Bio Convergence Institute,
3Professor, Devision of Animal Science, Agri-Food Bio Convergence Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Kor

Abstract

The present trial verified the effects of spraying microbial agents on odor reduction in commercial pig farms of different operating sizes and barn types. Farms without microbial agent spraying and those sprayed with microbial agents at two different intervals were compared. The treatments included spraying of water alone every day or a mixture of water plus microbial agent at 24 and 72 h intervals. The experimental farms were divided according to size into 1,000-, 3,000-, and 5,000-head farms and according to barn type into gestation, farrowing, nursery, and grower-finisher farms. To compare odor concentration within each housing barn, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide gas levels were measured. The average concentrations of ammonia (p<0.01) and hydrogen sulfide (p<0.05) gas were the lowest in all types of farms sprayed with the microbial agent at a 24 h interval. In farms sprayed with the microbial agent at a 24 h interval, the decrease in ammonia concentration according to barn type was in the following order: farrowing (p<0.01) (11.0 to 1.8 ppm), nursery (p<0.05) (17.0 to 9.2 ppm), grower-finisher (15.3 to 8.8 ppm), and gestation (9.7 to 6.4 ppm) farms. Moreover, spraying the microbial agent at a 24 h interval significantly (p<0.01) decreased ammonia concentration from 19.9 to 10.4 ppm, from 11.1 to 4.1 ppm, and from 8.8 to 5.1 ppm in 5,000-, 3,000-, and 1,000-head farms, respectively. Overall, spraying microbial agents every day may be the most effective method to reduce odor in commercial pig farms.

미생물제 살포, 농장규모 및 돈사유형별 양돈농장 악취저감 효과 비교

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