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Literature Reviews

 The Scientific Basis for Estimating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Interim Report
 Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs, Final Report
 The Significance of Ammonia to Coastal and Estuarine Areas: A Conference on Ammonia Nov 15-17, 2001
 Report to Minnesota Legislature Feedlots vs Property Value (PDF file)
 Generic Environmental Impact Statement—Odor and Air Quality
 USDA Agricultural Air Quality Task Force Report
 Iowa Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Air Quality Study
 Iowa Animal Agriculture and Air Quality
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Emissions Quantification

 Aerial Pollutant Emissions from Confined Animal Buildings (APECAB)
 Odor Rating System (BAE 200 Annual Report)
 Final Report Stakeholders Feedlot Air Emission Data Collection (PDF file 61K)
 Final Report 1997 Odor Rating System Demonstration Project
 Livestock Odor Task Force Report
 Final Report Farmstead Odor Database
 Final Report 1997 Correlating Sulfur Sources and Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions
 Final Report Nutritional Manipulation Of Swine Diets To Reduce Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions
 Interpretive Summary Sulfur Compounds in Gases Emitted from Stored Manure
 Scentometer chamber testing (PDF)
 Scentometer Field Testing (PDF)
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Control Technologies

 Final Report Biofilter Demonstration (PDF file 36K)
 Final Report Low Cost Biofilters for Odor Control in Minnesota (PDF file 202K)
 Low-Cost Biofilters for Odor Control (BAE 2000 Annual Report)
 Final Report The Effect on Odor Emissions when Sprinkling Oil for Dust Control inside Pig Buildings (PDF file 30K)
 Final Report/Executive Summary 1997 Odor Reduction in Swine Manure Using Electromagnetic Energy
 Final Report Evaluation of Adding Ground Carcass Material to Swine Waste on Increasing Odor Emissions
 Final Report Odor, Hydrogen Sulfide, and Ammonia Emissions from the Composting of Caged Layer Manure (PDF file 304K)
 Controlling Odor and Gaseous Emission Problems from Industrial Swine Facilities (Yale Environmental Protection Clinic)
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Other Research Projects

 Final Report Economic Evaluation of Manure Storage Covers (PDF file 177K)
 Final Report 1997 Evaluation of Various Swine Waste Storage Covers for Odor Control
 Final Report 1997 Monitoring and Evaluating Covers for Odor Control
 Odor and Air Quality Measurement, Evaluation and Control for Agriculture
 Air and Waste Management Association EE6 Committee on "Odors"
 NRCS Air Quality Home Page
 Agricultural Research Service Air Emissions Program
 National Atmospheric Deposition Program
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