Air Quality

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• Discussing an online tool intended to help you evaluate your livestock system for potential air quality improvement.  No data is collected nor is the operation identified.  This is just for you to know and consider.  Iowa State Extension Agronomist Angela Reick-Hinz joins us to overview the program called NAQSAT - National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool.

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• Nanoparticle research is showing signs of success when used to combat key air contaminants in livestock production as Bruce Cochrane discusses with Dr. Bernardo Predicala.

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• Dr. Brian Fairchild at the University of Georgia joins us to discuss key areas of focus in managing your poultry house environment, especially under cold weather conditions.

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• Paradyme AgriSolutions says real improvements in air quality benefit both birds and workers.  Bruce Cochrane discusses Electrostatic Particle Ionization (EPI) with President John Baumgartner. 

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• University of Georgia Extension Poultry Scientist Dr. Brian Fairchild reviews an International Poultry Scientific Forum presentation on downstream ammonia levels, looking at dispersal rates and comparisons to benchmark background levels.

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• Researchers at the University of Georgia looking at ways to use utilize biofuel byproducts discover a process to limit ammonia volitilization by feeding 'char' to broilers. 

PoultryCast 0118 Show Notes:

• What's in the attic?  Pulling interesting topics from the PoultryCast archives

• Interesting research into the origins of the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, which killed 50 million people.
• Air Particulates Standards up

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• Whole Foods story playing out at the SEC
• Skov Air Systems monitors and moves air in and around poultry houses
• New building considerations with Jim Donald at PoultryHouse.com
• Environmental considerations with Mike Blaser at Brown Winick
• Margie Lee's primer on probiotics