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TECHNICAL REPORTS

Atmospheric Pollutants and Trace Gases

Manipulation of Dietary Protein and Nonstarch Polysaccharide to Control Swine Manure Emissions

^a Department of Agriculture, Food, and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Ag/For Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2P5
^b Agricultural Engineering Branch, Alberta Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development, Third Floor, J.G. O'Donoghue Building, 7000-113 St., Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6H 5T6

^* Corresponding author (grant.clark{at}ualberta.net)

Received for publication November 15, 2004. Odor and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stored pig (Sus scrofa) manure were monitored for response to changes in the crude protein level (168 or 139 g kg^–1, as-fed basis) and nonstarch polysaccharide (NSP) content [i.e., control, or modified with beet pulp (Beta vulgaris L.), cornstarch, or xylanase] of diets fed to pigs in a production setting. Each diet was fed to one of eight pens of pigs according to a 2 x 4, full-factorial design, replicated over three time blocks with different groups of animals and random assignment of diets. Manure from each treatment was characterized and stored in a separate, ventilated, 200-L vessel. Repeated measurements of odor, carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from the vessels were taken every two weeks for eight weeks. Manure from high-protein diets had higher sulfur concentration and pH (P 0.05). High-NSP (beet pulp) diets resulted in lower manure nitrogen and ammonia concentrations and pH (P 0.05). Odor level and hedonic tone of exhaust air from the storage vessel headspaces were unaffected by the dietary treatments. Mean CO₂ and CH₄ emissions (1400 and 42 g d^–1 m^–3 manure, respectively) increased with lower dietary protein (P 0.05). The addition of xylanase to high-protein diets caused a decrease in manure CO₂ emissions, but an increase when added to low-protein diets (P 0.05). Nitrous oxide emissions were negligible. Contrary to other studies, these results do not support the use of dietary protein reduction to reduce emissions from stored swine manure.

Abbreviations: dB_od, odor decibel • GHG, greenhouse gas • NSP, nonstarch polysaccharide

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