Estimating Ventilation Rates of Animal Houses through CO2 Balance (original) (raw)

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The CO 2 production rates from various animal species were measured as well as the ventilation rates (VR) in environmental rooms at Michigan State University over the course of 15 studies that considered dietary strategies to alter air emissions, including two dairy cow studies, four steer studies, two swine studies, one turkey study, four laying hen studies, and two broiler chicken studies. The objectives of this article are to summarize the baseline data on CO 2 production from various animal species and determine uncertainties of the CO 2 balance approach for estimating VR of animal houses by evaluating the model performance in these studies. In the poultry (broiler, laying hen, and turkey) and dairy studies, the CO 2 production rates per heat production of animals or respiratory quotient (RQ) showed a decreasing trend with increasing animal age or days in milk (DIM). Higher variation in CO 2 production rates per heat production of animals were observed in young broiler chicken (<3 weeks) and turkeys (<10 weeks) and in the dairy cow studies. The modeled and measured CO 2 production rates were generally comparable with each other for each species, and the standard deviation of model residuals was about 20% to 30% of the average measured CO 2 production rate for each species except dairy cows. By only including data in which the differences between exhaust and inlet CO 2 concentrations were larger than 50 ppm, the standard deviations of model residuals were less than 32% of the average measured VR in the broiler, laying hen, swine, and steer studies. Based on the results, when using the CO 2 balance approach to estimate VR for broiler, laying hen, swine, and steer operations, a minimum of ten replicate measurements is required to achieve a margin of error less than 20% in modeled VR with 95% confidence.

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Table 1. Species, references, study code, days of operation, animals per room, and applied diets in the 15 studies.

Table 1. Species, references, study code, days of operation, animals per room, and applied diets in the 15 studies.

Table 2. Equations to calculate heat production of animals (adapted from CIGR, 2002). The overall average measured CO; production rates with standard deviations were compared with the range of CO, where HP is animal heat production rate at 20°C (W), Oz is oxygen consumption rate (mL s!), CO> is carbon dioxide production rate (mL s™!), CH, is methane production rate (mL s°), and N is nitrogen excretion rate (mg s"!). By sub- stituting the O2 consumption with the term CO2/RQ, equa- tion 2 can be modified as equation 3, in which RQ is res- piratory quotient of the animal (ratio of CO production over O, consumption). The RQ can be seen as a reflection of the kind of substrate of the feed that is being oxidized (Van Ouwerkerk and Pedersen, 1994). For example, an RQ value is 1.0 for carbohydrates, 0.8 is for proteins, and 0.7 is for fats (Nienaber et al., 2009). The RQ of animals varies

Table 2. Equations to calculate heat production of animals (adapted from CIGR, 2002). The overall average measured CO; production rates with standard deviations were compared with the range of CO, where HP is animal heat production rate at 20°C (W), Oz is oxygen consumption rate (mL s!), CO> is carbon dioxide production rate (mL s™!), CH, is methane production rate (mL s°), and N is nitrogen excretion rate (mg s"!). By sub- stituting the O2 consumption with the term CO2/RQ, equa- tion 2 can be modified as equation 3, in which RQ is res- piratory quotient of the animal (ratio of CO production over O, consumption). The RQ can be seen as a reflection of the kind of substrate of the feed that is being oxidized (Van Ouwerkerk and Pedersen, 1994). For example, an RQ value is 1.0 for carbohydrates, 0.8 is for proteins, and 0.7 is for fats (Nienaber et al., 2009). The RQ of animals varies

Table 3. Measured CO: production rates and respiratory quotients (RQ) for each species. In the poultry (broiler, laying hen, and turkey) and dairy studies, the CO2 production rates per heat production of animals or RQ showed a decreasing trend with increasing animal age or days in milk (DIM). The results were in agreement with the findings of Pedersen et al. (2008), who stated that RQ will be low if animals are fed close to maintenance, and RQ will increase with higher feed intake. The lower CO2 production rates or RQ could be related to the reduced feed intake associated with later stages of pro- duction. When an average value of RQ was used in model- ing CO2 production for the 139-day turkey study, the model residuals indicated an obvious overestimation when bird ages were high. In order to improve model performance, different RQ values were determined for different ages in the poultry studies and for different DIM in the dairy stud- The modeled and measured COz production rates were generally comparable with each other for each species (table 4). The standard deviations of model residuals were about 20% to 30% of the average values of measured CO. production rates for each species except dairy cows. In the broiler chicken, turkey, and swine studies, both the mod- eled and measured CO: production rates per head increased as body weight increased during the experiments. Strong correlations between the modeled and measured COz pro- duction rates were observed in these studies. Nevertheless, in the laying hen, steer, and dairy cow studies, the modeled CO> production rates had little variation due to stable body weights during the experiments. Most of the variation in the measured CO production rates in these studies was not captured by the model, although average values of the

Table 3. Measured CO: production rates and respiratory quotients (RQ) for each species. In the poultry (broiler, laying hen, and turkey) and dairy studies, the CO2 production rates per heat production of animals or RQ showed a decreasing trend with increasing animal age or days in milk (DIM). The results were in agreement with the findings of Pedersen et al. (2008), who stated that RQ will be low if animals are fed close to maintenance, and RQ will increase with higher feed intake. The lower CO2 production rates or RQ could be related to the reduced feed intake associated with later stages of pro- duction. When an average value of RQ was used in model- ing CO2 production for the 139-day turkey study, the model residuals indicated an obvious overestimation when bird ages were high. In order to improve model performance, different RQ values were determined for different ages in the poultry studies and for different DIM in the dairy stud- The modeled and measured COz production rates were generally comparable with each other for each species (table 4). The standard deviations of model residuals were about 20% to 30% of the average values of measured CO. production rates for each species except dairy cows. In the broiler chicken, turkey, and swine studies, both the mod- eled and measured CO: production rates per head increased as body weight increased during the experiments. Strong correlations between the modeled and measured COz pro- duction rates were observed in these studies. Nevertheless, in the laying hen, steer, and dairy cow studies, the modeled CO> production rates had little variation due to stable body weights during the experiments. Most of the variation in the measured CO production rates in these studies was not captured by the model, although average values of the

*l Values are means + standard deviations.

*l Values are means + standard deviations.

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']_ Values are means + standard deviations. Table 5. Comparison of measured and modeled VR using the CO2 balance approach.

Table 6. Contributions of the CH, and N terms to the modeled HP in equations 3 and 4.

Table 6. Contributions of the CH, and N terms to the modeled HP in equations 3 and 4.

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