Plant oils thymol and eugenol affect cattle and swine waste emissions differently

2004 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.H. Varel ◽  
D.N. Miller ◽  
A.D. Lindsay
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Swine Manure ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Coliform Bacteria ◽  
Distinct Advantage ◽  
Plant Oils ◽  
Swine Waste ◽  
Nutrient Emissions ◽  
Working Volume

Wastes generated from the production of cattle and swine in confined facilities create the potential for surface and groundwater pollution, emission of greenhouse gases, transmission of pathogens to food and water sources, and odor. It is our hypothesis that something which inhibits microbial fermentation in livestock wastes will be beneficial to solving some of the environmental problems. Our work has concentrated on the use of antimicrobial plant oils, thymol, thyme oil, carvacrol, eugenol and clove oil. Anaerobic one-litre flasks with a working volume of 0.5 L cattle or swine manure were used to evaluate the effect of thymol and eugenol on production of fermentation gas, short-chain volatile fatty acids, lactate, and bacterial populations. Either oil at 0.2% in both wastes essentially stopped all production of gas and volatile fatty acids, and eliminated all fecal coliform bacteria. In cattle but not swine waste, thymol prevented the accumulation of lactate. However, eugenol stimulated lactate formation in cattle and swine wastes. Thus, eugenol may offer a distinct advantage over thymol, because lactate accumulation in the wastes causes the pH to drop more rapidly, further inhibiting microbial activity and nutrient emissions. We conclude that plant oils may offer solutions to controlling various environmental problems associated with livestock wastes, assuming that they are cost-effective.

scholarly journals Biological Control of Hog Waste Odor through Stimulated Microbial Fe(III) Reduction

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 4728-4735 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Coates ◽  
Kimberly A. Cole ◽  
Urania Michaelidou ◽  
Jennifer Patrick ◽  
Michael J. McInerney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Swine Manure ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Complete Removal ◽  
The United States ◽  
Geobacter Sulfurreducens ◽  
Swine Waste ◽  
Geobacter Metallireducens ◽  
Pure Cultures ◽  
Production Facilities

ABSTRACT Odor control and disposal of swine waste have inhibited expansion of swine production facilities throughout the United States. Swine waste odor is associated primarily with high concentrations of volatile fatty acids (VFAs). Here, we demonstrate that stimulated Fe(III) reduction in hog manure can rapidly remove the malodorous compounds and enhance methane production by 200%. As part of these studies, we enumerated the indigenous Fe(III)-reducing population in swine waste and identified members of the family Geobacteraceae as the dominant species. These organisms were present at concentrations as high as 2 × 105 cells g−1. Several pure cultures of Fe(III) reducers, including Geobacter metallireducens, Geobacter humireducens, Geobacter sulfurreducens, Geobacter grbiciae, Geothrix fermentans, and Geovibrio ferrireducens, readily degraded some or all of the malodorous VFAs found in swine manure. In contrast, Shewanella algae did not degrade any of these compounds. We isolated an Fe(III) reducer, Geobacter strain NU, from materials collected from primary swine waste lagoons. This organism degraded all of the malodorous VFAs tested and readily grew in swine waste amended with Fe(III). When raw waste amended with Fe(III) was inoculated with strain NU, the VFA content rapidly decreased, corresponding with an almost complete removal of the odor. In contrast, the raw waste without Fe(III) or strain NU showed a marked increase in VFA content and a rapid pH drop. This study showed that Fe(III) supplementation combined with appropriate bioaugmentation provides a simple, cost-effective approach to deodorize and treat swine waste, removing a significant impediment to the expansion of pork production facilities.

scholarly journals Volatile Fatty Acids in Liquid Swine Manure Can Kill Microsclerotia of Verticillium dahliae

2002 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 548-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Tenuta ◽  
Kenneth L. Conn ◽  
George Lazarovits
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Verticillium Dahliae ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Swine Manure ◽  
Effective Concentration ◽  
Solution Ph ◽  
Liquid Swine Manure ◽  
Protonated Forms ◽  
The Individual

Liquid swine manure added to acidic soils killed microsclerotia of the wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae. We investigated whether volatile fatty acids (VFAs) in the manure were responsible for this toxicity. The survival of microsclerotia was determined after exposure to various dilutions of manure or its VFA components. Acetic, propionic, and isobutyric acids constituted the major VFAs in the manure, while n-butyric, n-valeric, iso-valeric, and n-caproic acids were present in lesser amounts. Formic acid was not detected. The individual VFAs were more toxic to microsclerotia as the solution pH was decreased, indicating that the protonated forms of the VFAs were toxic (e.g., acetic acid and not acetate). The effective concentration reducing germination of microsclerotia by 95% (EC95) for formic and n-caproic acids was approximately 4 mM, the most toxic of the acids tested; for n-valeric, the EC95 was 9.2 mM, isovaleric was 16.1 mM acids, and acetic, propionic, n-butyric, and isobutyric acids were approximately 30 mM. The toxicity of acetic acid, and likely all the others, was directly related to the duration of exposure. Inhibition of microsclerotia germination followed identical trends in solutions of the manure or in a mixture of VFAs with equivalent concentrations of the individual acids found in the manure. Similarly, germination declined to the same extent in the atmosphere above the manure or the VFA mixture, confirming the toxicity of VFAs to microsclerotia. Thus, under acid conditions, VFAs in liquid swine manure can kill microsclerotia of V. dahliae.

Effect of carvacrol and thymol on odor emissions from livestock wastes

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.H. Varel ◽  
D.N. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Essential Oils ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Environmental Pollutants ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Livestock Waste ◽  
Plant Essential Oils ◽  
Working Volume ◽  
Odor Emissions

A majority of the beef cattle and swine in the United States is produced in confined facilities. This generates significant environmental pollutants from the waste produced, including global warming gases, odor, and pathogens. The objectives of this study were to control the fermentation activity and pathogens in cattle and swine wastes with antimicrobial plant essential oils. Anaerobic one litre flasks with a working volume of 0.5 l were used to evaluate the effect of carvacrol and thymol on production of fermentation gas, short-chain volatile fatty acids, lactate, and bacterial populations. In cattle waste, 1 g l−1 each of carvacrol and thymol completely inhibited the production of volatile fatty acids and lactate over 23 days. In swine waste, 2.5 g l−1 carvacrol inhibited the production of all volatile fatty acids. We conclude that these essential oils are effective in controlling livestock waste odor emissions and field studies are warranted.

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS AS ODOR INDICATORS IN SWINE MANURE — ACRITICAL REVIEW

1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Zhu ◽  
G. L. Riskowski ◽  
M. Torremorell
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Swine Manure

Unravelling a microbial synergy to boost caproate production via carboxylates chain elongation with ethanol

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Ling Leng ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Peixian Yang ◽  
Takashi Narihiro ◽  
Masaru Konishi Nobu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Microbial Consortia ◽  
Chain Elongation ◽  
Desulfovibrio Vulgaris ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Selective Enrichment ◽  
Microbial Network ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing

Chain elongation of volatile fatty acids for medium chain fatty acids production (e.g. caproate) is an attractive approach to treat wastewater anaerobically and recover resource simultaneously. Undefined microbial consortia can be tailored to achieve chain elongation process with selective enrichment from anaerobic digestion sludge, which has advantages over pure culture approach for cost-efficient application. Whilst the metabolic pathway of the dominant caproate producer, Clostridium kluyveri, has been annotated, the role of other coexisting abundant microbiomes remained unclear. To this end, an ethanol-acetate fermentation inoculated with fresh digestion sludge at optimal conditions was conducted. Also, physiological study, thermodynamics and 16 S rRNA gene sequencing to elucidate the biological process by linking the system performance and dominant microbiomes were integrated. Results revealed a possible synergistic network in which C. kluyveri and three co-dominant species, Desulfovibrio vulgaris, Fusobacterium varium and Acetoanaerobium sticklandii coexisted. D. vulgaris and A. sticklandii (F. varium) were likely to boost the carboxylates chain elongation by stimulating ethanol oxidation and butyrate production through a syntrophic partnership with hydrogen (H2) serving as an electron messenger. This study unveils a synergistic microbial network to boost caproate production in mixed culture carboxylates chain elongation.

МЕТАБОЛИТЫ ПРОБИОТИЧЕСКИХ БАКТЕРИЙ ОТВЕЧАЮТ ЗА ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТЬ ДЕЙСТВИЯ ПРОБИОТИКА "ПРОФОРТ®"

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Broiler Chicks ◽  
Bacillus Sp

МЕЛИКИДИ В.Х., ТЮРИНА Д.Г., СЕЛИВАНОВ Д.Г., НОВИКОВА Н.И. ООО «БИОТРОФ», Санкт-Петербург Аннотация: Приведены данные исследования методом газожидкостной хроматомасс-спектрометрии метаболитов, синтезируемых пробиотическими бактериями, входящими в состав кормовой добавки «Профорт®». Проведен опыт в условиях интенсивного промышленного птицеводства по применению кормовой добавки «Профорт®» (50 тыс. голов бройлеров в группе). Среди метаболитов пробиотических штаммов Enterococcus sp. и Bacillus sp. обнаружены такие полезные вещества, как молочная кислота, уксусная, пропионовая и другие короткоцепочечные (летучие) жирные кислоты, активные пептиды. Результаты зоотехнического опыта показали, что при скармливании бройлерам пробиотика «Профорт®» (500 г/т) живая масса при убое в 40 дней была выше контроля на 6,9%, конверсия корма улучшилась на 3,0%, а европейский индекс продуктивности бройлеров - на 5,69%. Ключевые слова: ПРОБИОТИКИ, МЕТАБОЛИТЫ, ЛЕТУЧИЕ ЖИРНЫЕ КИСЛОТЫ, ЦЫПЛЯТА-БРОЙЛЕРЫ,ПРОДУКТИВНОСТЬ, PROBIOTICS, METABOLITES, VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS, BROILER CHICKS,PRODUCTIVITY

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