Development of an Olfactometric Measuring Facility according to CEN EN 13725 and to Generate up to Date Odour Concentrations from Animal Houses in Flanders

Intensive livestock farming is a major production system in Flemish agriculture, with nearly 6 million pigs and 28 million poultry units. Over the last five years, there’s a tendency towards fewer, but larger farms, resulting in about the same end production values. This evolution can pose both acute and long term problems in a region with a high population density like Flanders. The most recent odour research in Flanders is documented by Ghent University (De Bruyn et al., 2001; Van Langenhove and De Bruyn, 2001; Van Langenhove and Defoer, 2002). Since 2004, it became obligatory in Flanders to... Mehr ...