Controlling Noxious Animal Odours : An Imperative at the Rural-Urban Interface - Review -

Jiang, J. K.; Sands, J. R.

doi:1999.12.4.633

Review paper

Review Paper

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 1999;12(4): 633-641.
https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.1999.633 Published online June 1, 1999.

Controlling Noxious Animal Odours : An Imperative at the Rural-Urban Interface - Review -

J. K. Jiang, J. R. Sands

Abstract

Reaction by neighbours to odours is increasingly affecting operations of existing animal farming operations and may adversely constrain the further development of the animal production industry in some parts of Australia. It is critical that the scale of such odour impact on the rural-urban interface be estimated to provide useful information both for environmental protection and animal farming operations. Furthermore, the information can be used to modify odour reduction strategies as economic conditions change. The Centre for Waste Technology at The University of New South Wales has developed a comprehensive set of odour control techniques in the course of its research and development effort over the past eight years. Techniques have been developed for odour sampling at point, area and volume sources, monitoring environmental parameters such as ventilation rate, shed temperature, shed humidity, litter water content and ambient meteorological condition, olfactometry and odour dispersion modeling. The work has paved the way for the establishment of odour reduction strategies based on best environmental management practice and advanced odour abatement technologies.

Keywords: Environmental Management; Odour; Odour Impact Assessment; Odour Control; Olfactometry