AIR-QUALITY IN COMMERCIAL TURKEY HOUSING

Air quality was monitored in a typical brooder and grower turkey barn near Edmonton, AB. Ammonia, carbon dioxide, airborne dust, temperature , and ventilation rates were measured on a semi-hourly basis over a 24 -h period during weeks 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the brooder barn and weeks 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, and 15 in the grower barn. Both concentration and production rate data are reported. The levels of aerial contaminants w ere acceptable in the brooder barn and unacceptable in the grower barn .