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J Environ Qual

Title:		Swine odor analyzed by odor panels and chemical techniques
Author(s):		Trabue S; Kerr B; Bearson B; Ziemer C;
Address:		"National Laboratory for Agricultural and the Environment, Armes, IA 50011, USA. steven.trabue@ars.usda.gov"
Journal Title:		J Environ Qual
Year:		2011
Volume:		40
Issue:		5
Page Number:		1510 - 1520
DOI:		10.2134/jeq2010.0522
ISSN/ISBN:		0047-2425 (Print) 0047-2425 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The National Research Council identified odors as a significant animal emission and highlighted the need to develop standardized protocols for sampling and analysis. The purpose of our study was to compare different odor sampling techniques for monitoring odors emitted from stored swine manure. In our study, odorous headspace air from swine manure holding tanks were analyzed by human panels and analytical techniques. Odorous air was analyzed by human panels using dynamic dilution olfactometry (DDO). Chemical analysis used acid traps for ammonia (NH(3)), fluorescence for hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S), and thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Chemical analysis included the use of gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O) for determining key odorants. Chemical odorant concentrations were converted to odor activity values (OAVs) based on literature odor thresholds. The GC-O technique used was GC-SNIF. Dilution thresholds measured by different odor panels were significantly different by almost an order of magnitude even though the main odorous compound concentrations had not changed significantly. Only 5% of the key odorous VOCs total OAVs was recovered from the Tedlar bags used in DDO analysis. Ammonia was the only chemical odorant significantly correlated with DDO analysis in the fresh (1 wk) and aged manure. Chemical analysis showed that odor concentration stabilized after 5 to 7 wk and that HS was the most dominant odorant. In aged manure, neither volatile fatty acids (VFAs) nor HS was correlated with any other chemical odorant, but NH, phenols, and indoles were correlated, and phenols and indoles were highly correlated. Correlation of odorant concentration was closely associated with the origin of the odorant in the diet. Key odorants determined by chemical and GC-O included indoles, phenols, NH(3), and several VFAs (butanoic, 3-methylbutanoic, and pentanoic acids)"
Keywords:		"Animals Chromatography, Gas Humans *Odorants Smell *Swine;"
Notes:		"MedlineTrabue, Steven Kerr, Brian Bearson, Bradley Ziemer, Cherie eng 2011/08/27 J Environ Qual. 2011 Sep-Oct; 40(5):1510-20. doi: 10.2134/jeq2010.0522"