Magnusson, Madeleine
- Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article1999Peer reviewed
Mårtensson, Lennart; Mårtensson, Lennart ; Magnusson, Madeleine; Shen, Yin; Jönsson, Jan Åke
In this study, the air concentration of organic acids were determined in samples collected from eight different animal buildings differing in building design, housing system and animals species. The samples were enriched with membrane enrichment technique and analyzed with ion-exclusion chromatography. Lactic, formic, acetic, propionic, iso-butyric, butyric, iso-valeric and valeric acids were found. The number of individual acids varied among the buildings. The highest total amounts of acids was found in an insulated swine building in which all of the analyzed acids were detected. The found concentrations of organic acids can not be considered as harmful to human health. However, together with other air pollutants organic acids creates an environment that is unhealthy.
Air quality; Livestock buildings; Organic acid; Ammonia; Carbon dioxide; Working environment; Sweden
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
1999, Volume: 75, number: 1-2, pages: 101-108
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Analytical Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00072-9
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/121862