Daily sprinkling of very small amounts of vegetable (soyabean) oil inside a pig nursery facility reduced the odour, hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and total dust levels of the air inside the barn and in the emission or exhaust ventilation air. Oil sprinkling, as outlined in MWPS-42, was not as effective in reducing ammonia concentrations or respirable dust levels inside the treatment barn when compared with a similar control barn.
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