Advisory and Knowledge Transfer Tool for Ammonia Emission Mitigation on Pig Farms in Hungary

Magyar, Marianna; Pirkó, Béla; Seenger, J.; Baranyai, Nóra Hegedűsné; Dublecz, Károly; Vojtela, Tibor; Rák, Renáta; Borka, György; Szabó, Anita; Benedek, Zsuzsanna

doi:10.3390/app11135970

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“…The developed system, called the Ammonia Gas Emission Model-Swine (AGEM-S) [ 36 ], is a farm-level knowledge transfer and decision support tool. The model calculates the number of animals in each feeding phase from the age and production group data provided by the farmers, and then estimates the annual nitrogen excretion of the animals.…”

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Representative Survey for Evaluating Housing and Manure Handling Technologies of the Hungarian Pig Sector

Benedek,

Dublecz,

Koltay

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In Hungary, there is a lack of information on the pig production technologies in place in the base year of 2005 and changes since then, as well as a lack of information on the number of pigs kept in different age and production categories, which makes it difficult to calculate ammonia emissions and reductions in the national inventories. Our research team conducted a representative survey of pig farms to assess housing and manure management technologies in the Hungarian pig sector in 2005 and 2015. Novel expert-based calculation methods were developed to convert farm data on pig populations into daily average numbers (DAN) of animals in different statistical categories and feeding phases. The survey resulted in a representative database of housing, manure handling, storage and manure application practices in Hungarian pig production. The data and methodology from the survey helped to develop an ammonia emission calculator and knowledge transfer tool (AGEM-S) for use by farmers.

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Representative Survey for Evaluating Housing and Manure Handling Technologies of the Hungarian Pig Sector

Benedek,

Dublecz,

Koltay

et al. 2023

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Effects of Dietary Protein Content and Using Sugar Beet Pulp or Benzoic Acid Supplementations on the Nitrogen Excretion of Fattening Pigs and its Composition

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In this trial, the effects of different nutritional treatments on the N balance parameters of fattening pigs in the 55–65 kg live weight category were evaluated. The following diets were used: control diet (C) and low-protein (LP) diet with 2% crude protein reduction, with and without 10% sugar beet pulp (S) or 0.5% benzoic acid supplementation. Six pigs per treatment with similar live weight were used, and in the context of the balance trial, the daily N intake, fecal and urinary N excretion and the pH of urine were measured. From the data N digestibility, the TAN % and N retention were calculated. Feeding LP diets reduced the fecal, urinary and total N excretion and also the pH of urine significantly compared with the control diet. Sugar beet pulp significantly increased the fecal N excretion and urinary pH, and it also reduced significantly N digestibility and the TAN ratio. Benzoic acid failed to reduce urinary pH. The measured N excretion, retention and TAN excretion values were more favorable than those that can be found in the different guidelines or those used in the Hungarian ammonia emission inventory.

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Advisory and Knowledge Transfer Tool for Ammonia Emission Mitigation on Pig Farms in Hungary

Cited by 2 publications

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Representative Survey for Evaluating Housing and Manure Handling Technologies of the Hungarian Pig Sector

Representative Survey for Evaluating Housing and Manure Handling Technologies of the Hungarian Pig Sector

Effects of Dietary Protein Content and Using Sugar Beet Pulp or Benzoic Acid Supplementations on the Nitrogen Excretion of Fattening Pigs and its Composition

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