Emissions and Concentrations of Dust and Pathogens from Goat Houses

Authors :: Nico W.M. Ogink
Hendrik-Jan Roest
María Cambra-López
Julio Mosquera
André J.A. Aarnink
Yang Zhao
Source :: 2012 IX International Livestock Environment Symposium (ILES IX).
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2012.
Abstract: The objective of this study was to determine the emissions of dust and pathogens, especially Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii), from goat houses in the Netherlands. The study was conducted in two houses for milking goats. Furthermore, emissions of ammonia, odor, and greenhouse gases (methane and nitrous oxide) and the contribution of the different dust sources to airborne dust were determined.