Journal of Animal Science and Technology
Korean Society of Animal Sciences and Technology
RESEARCH ARTICLE

A preliminary evaluation on mixed probiotics as an antimicrobial spraying agent in growing pig barn

Shanmugam Sureshkumar1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3632-3114, Jae Hong Park1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2025-0141, In Ho Kim1,*https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6652-2504
1Department of Animal Resource and Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea
*Corresponding author: In Ho Kim, Department of Animal Resource and Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea. Tel: +82-41-550-3652, E-mail: inhokim@dankook.ac.kr

© Copyright 2022 Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: May 13, 2022; Revised: Aug 19, 2022; Accepted: Aug 21, 2022

Published Online: Nov 30, 2022

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine whether spraying an anti-microbial agent into the slurry pit will reduce the noxious odor substances from piggery barns. For this, a total of 200 crossbred ([Landrace × Yorkshire] × Duroc) growing pigs with an initial average body weight (BW) of 23.58 ± 1.47 kg were selected and housed in two different rooms, i.e. control (CON) and treatment (TRT). Each room has 100 pigs (60 gilts and 40 borrows). For a period of 42 days, all pigs were fed with corn-soybean meal-based basal diet. Later the noxious odor substances were measured by the following methods. First, fecal samples were randomly collected and stored in sealed and unsealed containers, and sprayed with the non-anti-microbial agent (NAMA) (saline water) and multi-bacterial spraying (MBS) agent (200 :1, mixing ratio-fecal sample : probiotic), Second, the slurry pit of CON and TRT rooms were directly sprayed with NAMA and MBS, respectively. The fecal sample that was stored in sealed and un-sealed containers and sprayed with MBS significantly reduced NH3 and CO2 concentration at the end of day 7. However, at the end of day 42, the fecal sample showed a lower H2S, methyl mercaptans, acetic acid, and CO2 concentration compared to the unsealed container. Moreover, at the end of days 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, and 42 compared to the CON room and TRT room slurry pit emits lower concentrations of NH3, acetic acid, H2S, and methyl mercaptans, and CO2 into the atmosphere. Based on the current findings, we infer that spraying anti-microbial agents on pig dung would be one of the better approaches to suppress the odor emission from the barn in the future.

Keywords: Multi-bacterial spray; Slurry odor; Gas emission; Growing pigs

INTRODUCTION

Livestock farming plays an important role in global food production as it has been transformed from small farms to industrialized enterprises in recent decades. Though industrialized farms have better efficiency in animal management, there is growing anxiety about the release of livestock pollutants, which generates environmental and green gas pollution [1,2]. In terms of green gas pollutants, the emissions such as ammonia (NH3), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and other odors released from livestock production are amenities [3]. Notably, NH3 emissions are largely responsible for the acidification and eutrophication of nitrogen-limited ecosystems while N2O and CH4 contribute considerably to the radiative forcing of the atmosphere [4]. Earlier studies [5], have shown that nitrogen and phosphorus released from livestock manure are considered to be the major source of environmental pollution. Eventually, the Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs [6] also pointed out that swine manure has accounted for the highest ratio (40.6%) of odor emission compared to other animal facilities. Such noxious odor emission from the piggery not only affects the environment, animals’ health, and production but also leads to civil complaints [7] and local and global air pollution [8]. Since 2005, the number of complaints related to the livestock industry has been upsurged by 27% [9]. Consequently, the Korean Ministry of Environment has passed the law on Offensive Odor Control in 2005 [10] to minimize the complaints regarding odor from the vicinity of the piggery barn.

Commercial pig production has been rapidly growing worldwide with a trend towards larger production units thereby utilizing modern production technologies such as modern housing, improved feeding, and better breeding methods to reduce the risk of air pollution [11]. However, measuring and assessing the released odors from livestock manure has become a challenging task for farmers and researchers and thus this subject has been viewed from a global issue perspective. Over the past years, many investigations have been conducted on odor management using physical and chemical methods. Colletti et al. [12] and Rzeźnik et al. [13] conducted a study to minimize NH3, H2S, CH4, and CO2 nuisance through field experiments. Beyond this, several experts have focused their research on using novel technologies like biofilters [14], bio-scrubbers, mechanical ventilation [15], food alterations [4], and feces and urine separation [16] to alleviate odor emission. Although these approaches were effective, they were very expensive and had a short-term impact. Previously, Banskota et al. [17] reported that the oil/water spray technique showed a major impact on pig farm dust control. Similarly, Godbout et al. [18] reported that canola oil sprinkling 2 times per day reduced 27% hydrogen sulfide and 30% ammonia concentrations in the piggery barn. Moreover, Rahman and Borhan [19] noted that the addition of microorganisms directly to the manure of anaerobic dairy lagoons reduces the solids and nutrient content. Furthermore, Maurer et al. [20] pronounced that context of biochemical agents could be better options to overcome odor issues. However, Choi and Choi [21] noted that the application of Bacillus-based probiotics complex could be a potential solution to reduce the malodor from the livestock barn. In addition, Sannikova and Kovaleva [22] reported that the application of Bacillus genus bacteria substantially reduced the sulfurous, rotten egg-like smell of the industrial wastewater. Also, Kim et al. [23] used microbial additive, soybean oil, and essential oil as spraying agents to reduce the odor emissions from the confinement pig building. In 2013, Bellot et al. [24] reported that animals (horse, guinea pig, and cow) bedding with Bacillus strains probiotics reduced the bad smell of animal waste. The research outcome of the above-mentioned studies has highly inspired us to initiate this study to discover whether it is applicable to piggery. To our knowledge, this would be the first report to use mixed probiotics as a multi-bacterial spraying agent on growing pig barn and we hypothesized that direct spraying antimicrobial agent into the slurry pit would be one of the effective methods to reduce the noxious odor smell from the barn in the mere future. Thus, the purpose of this study is to analyze whether spraying anti-microbial agent into the slurry pit under growing pig pen reduces harmful gas emissions.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Ethical declaration

The research protocol was permitted by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Dankook University (DK-1-2102), prior to the study.

Animals, experimental design, and feeding regimen

This study was conducted at Dankook University (Cheonan, Korea) “Experimental swine research unit” located at Jeouni (Sejong, Korea). A total of 200 crossbred ([Landrace × Yorkshire] × Duroc) growing pigs with an average body weight (BW) of 23.58 ± 1.47 kg were divided into two groups (control [CON] and treatment [TRT]) in a complete random block design with 20 replicates and 5 pigs (3 gilts and 2 borrows) per pen and housed in two separate rooms. The pig room has 0.45 m deep slurry pit under a slatted plastic floor with 22.8 m2 surface and partition. The ambient temperature of the facility was maintained at approximately 25°C by a ventilation control system. Prior to the trial, the slurry pit was emptied. All pigs were allowed to be fed corn soybean-based basal diet twice a day at 09:00 AM and 4:00 PM for 6 weeks that were formulated to meet or exceed the nutrient requirements of NRC [25] (Table 1).

Table 1. Basal diet for growing pigs (as fed basis)
Corn 60.32
Soybean meal 16.07
Distillers dried grains with soluble 6.50
Rapeseed meal 2.50
Wheat 6.00
Tallow 3.00
Mallow 300
Dicalcium phosphate 1.08
Limestone 0.65
Salt 0.30
Lysine 0.19
Vitamin premix1) 0.20
Mineral premix2) 0.10
Choline (50%) 0.04
Calculated composition
 Crude protein (%) 15.50
 Crude fat (%) 5.78
 Lysine (%) 0.91
 Calcium (%) 0.65
 Phosphorus (%) 0.55
 Ash (%) 4.59
 Crude fibre (%) 3.43
 Digestible energy (kcal/kg) 3,428,00

Provided per kg of complete diet: 11,025 IU vitamin A; 1,103 IU vitamin D3; 44 IU vitamin E; 4.4 mg vitamin K; 8.3 mg riboflavin; 50 mg niacin; 4 mg thiamine; 29 mg d-pantothenic; 166 mg choline; 33 μg vitamin B12.

Provided per kg of complete diet: 12 mg Cu (as CuSO4·5H2O); 85 mg Zn (as ZnSO4); 8 mg Mn (as MnO2); 0.28 mg I (as KI); 0.15 mgSe (as Na2SeO3·5H2O).

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Growth performance

The BW of pigs was measured individually on d1 and d 42 to assess average daily gain (ADG), while the feed allowance and remaining in feeders were collected and calculated to determine the daily feed intake (ADFI) and feed efficacy (G: F). The pens were equipped with self-feeders and nipple drinkers that allowed pigs to have ad libitum feed and water throughout the trial.

Sampling and measurements

At initial and day 42, 200 g of fresh fecal samples were collected from (2 pigs/pen) CON and TRT group pigs that were fed with normal basal diet. The collected fecal samples were placed in 20 boxes with a capacity of 5 liters (10 boxes/treatment). Then, 5 boxes of fecal samples (each treatment) were sealed with a plastic tape, while another 5 boxes were left unsealed. Later, sealed and un-sealed boxes were sprayed with a non-anti-microbial (NAMA- saline water) and multi-bacterial spraying (MBS) agents (200:1, a mixing ratio of fecal [200 g] and probiotics [1%]) twice a day until the end of the trial.

Correspondingly, from d1 to d 42, slurry pits of CON and TRT rooms (20 pens/treatment) were uniformly sprayed with NAMA and MBS (respectively), twice a day at 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM using the manual sprayer for 15 min. The MBS agent (G-Fresh) employed in this study contains Bacillus subtilis, Pediococcus acidilactici, lactococcus lactis, Bacillus coagulans, and Bacillus carboniphilus was commercially obtained from TELLUS (Seoul, Korea). The water and anti-microbial agents were diluted according to the manufacture prescribed ratio. Slurry specimens were mixed with a slatted floor mixer (PORCO, Reck Agrartechnik, Germany) at the end of d 1,7, 21, 28, 35, and 42. Later, the concentrations of H2S, methyl mercaptans, CO2, NH3, and acetic acid in the fecal sample and pig barn (atmosphere) were determined directly using Multi-RAE Lite-gas search probe (model PGM-6208, RAE, San Jose, CA, USA). A detailed scheme of the experiment is presented in Fig. 1.

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Fig. 1. Schematic view of the experiment.
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Statistical analysis

The experimental data were analyzed by t-test using the SAS procedure (SAS Inst, Cary, NC, USA). Growth performance and fecal gas emission were analyzed in a complete random block design using pig as an experimental unit. For slurry odor substances individual room was considered as an experimental unit. The probability value < 0.05 was considered as significant.

RESULTS

The growth performance of growing pigs remains similar throughout the trial (Table 2). Table 3 shows the effect of NAMA and MBS agents in the sealed and un-sealed fecal container. The fecal samples that were stored in the sealed and un-sealed container and sprayed with 200 : 1 MBS agent reduced (p > 0.05) only NH3 and CO2 concentration at the end of d 7. However, at the end of d 42, the fecal sample that was stored in the sealed container emitted lower H2S, methyl mercaptans, acetic acid, and CO2 concentrations compared to the unsealed container. The effect of spraying an anti-microbial agent on growing pig slurry pit is shown in Table 4. At the end of days 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, and 42, the TRT room slurry emits lower NH3, acetic acid, H2S, methyl mercaptans, and CO2 into the atmosphere compared to the CON room.

Table 2. The effect of basal diet on the growth performance of growing pigs
Items CON1) TRT SEM p-value
Body weight (kg)
 Initial 23.58 23.58 0.02 0.990
 Finish 51.98 52.59 0.27 0.457
Overall (d 1–d 42)
 ADG (g) 675b 683a 9.00 0.210
 ADFI (g) 1,701 1,725 16.00 0.335
 G : F 2.525 2.490 0.02 0.313

Control and TRT group pigs were fed with normal basal diet that was formulated according to NRC recommendation.

Means in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).

ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G : F, gain : feed.

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Table 3. Effect of spraying microbial agents on the gas emission of growing pig feces sample stored in the sealed and un-sealed container
Items CON1) TRT SEM p-value
Sealed container (Initial) (ppm)
 NH3 97.10a 30.20b 5.18 < 0.001
 H2S 99.90a 77.49b 6.13 0.330
 Methyl mercaptans 0.00 0.00 0.00
 Acetic acid 0.00 0.00 0.00
 CO2 2,990a 1,240b 295.00 < 0.001
Day 42 (ppm)
 NH3 13.30 10.60 1.10 0.1572
 H2S 72.08a 31.53b 5.11 < 0.001
 Methyl mercaptans 10.50a 3.00b 1.23 0.008
 Acetic acid 6.30a 2.50b 0.68 0.004
 CO2 12,450a 8,200b 1,296 0.010
Unsealed container (Initial) (ppm)
 NH3 91.90a 54.10b 3.78 < 0.001
 H2S 99.83 99.90 0.49 0.335
 Methyl mercaptans 0.00 0.00 -
 Acetic acid 0.00 0.00 -
 CO2 1,600a 700b 114 < 0.001
Day 42 (ppm)
 NH3 8.70a 3.10b 0.37 < 0.001
 H2S 15.18a 0.06b 0.78 < 0.001
 Methyl mercaptans 0.00 0.00 -
 Acetic acid 0.00 0.00 -
 CO2 1,030a 540b 110 0.003

CON and TRT groups fecal samples were collected, stored in sealed and un-sealed containers, and sprayed with: Non-anti-microbial agent (NAMA, saline water) and anti-microbial agent (G-Fresh, 200 gm fecal sample : 1 mixed probiotic).

Means in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly.

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Table 4. Effect of spraying anti-microbial agent on growing pig slurry pit
Items CON1) TRT SEM p-value
Initial (ppm)
 NH3 3.75 4.00 0.34 0.620
 H2S 0.48 0.45 0.14 0.874
 Methyl mercaptans 6.00 6.00 0.29 1
 Acetic acid 4.00 3.50 0.94 0.670
 CO2 3,400 3,425 217.00 0.913
Day 7 (ppm)
 NH3 4.25a 2.50b 0.41 0.003
 H2S 0.53a 0.35b 0.07 0.044
 Methyl mercaptans 6.50a 4.00b 0.58 0.002
 Acetic acid 4.25a 3.50b 0.53 0.046
 CO2 3,550a 2,775b 137.00 0.001
Day 14 (ppm)
 NH3 4.75a 2.50b 0.18 0.006
 H2S 0.53a 0.35b 0.02 0.003
 Methyl mercaptans 6.75a 3.75b 0.58 0.004
 Acetic acid 4.50a 3.25b 0.18 0.017
 CO2 3,575a 2,650b 88 0.000
Day 21 (ppm)
 NH3 4.75a 2.75b 0.29 0.011
 H2S 0.60a 0.40b 0.03 0.032
 Methyl mercaptans 6.75a 3.50b 0.34 0.016
 Acetic acid 4.75a 3.00b 0.34 0.026
 CO2 3,750a 2,775b 34.00 < 0.001
Day 28 (ppm)
 NH3 5.25a 2.75b 0.35 0.010
 H2S 0.63a 0.40b 0.04 0.003
 Methyl mercaptans 6.25a 3.25b 0.50 0.001
 Acetic acid 5.00a 2.75b 0.34 0.003
 CO2 3,800a 2,700b 129.00 0.001
Day 35 (ppm)
 NH3 5.00a 3.25b 0.18 < 0.001
 H2S 0.68a 0.43b 0.05 0.003
 Methyl mercaptans 6.50a 3.50b 0.29 0.005
 Acetic acid 5.00a 2.75b 0.34 0.011
 CO2 3,950a 2,800b 110 0.001
Day 42 (ppm)
 NH3 5.50a 3.50b 0.29 0.003
 H2S 0.73a 0.50b 0.03 0.003
 Methyl mercaptans 6.75a 3.50b 0.34 0.001
 Acetic acid 5.25a 2.50b 0.34 < 0.001
 CO2 4,075a 3,050b 109.00 0.009

CON and TRT pen of growing pig’s slurry pit were sprayed: Non-anti-microbial agent (NAMA, saline water) and anti-microbial agent (G-Fresh, 100 heads/1 kg mixed probiotics), respectively.

Means in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).

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DISCUSSION

Intensive animal husbandry with a large amount of animal excreta such as urine, feces, undigested feed, etc. may create excessive odors and eventually lead to air pollution problems [19]. The such odor emanating from the swine farms not only elicits a low quality of life but also creates a nuisance in the nearby community [26]. Thus, pollution prevention measures should be carried out from the source according to the livestock farming status. Also, good in-house air quality is very important for animal productivity and for workers safety thus, we anticipate that the future swine industry will largely depend on various technologies that could mitigate the odor nuisance from piggery. Therefore, in this study, we intend to use antimicrobial spraying method to reduce the noxious gas smell from the pig barn.

Livestock production, especially swine facilities become the major cause of malodors [6]. Most importantly they were generated from the incomplete decomposition of organic matter such as proteins, carbohydrates, and fats [19]. Due to the high quantities and/or low odor thresholds, the odorous substances released by cattle dung seem to be volatile fatty acids [27]. In 1999, Sutton et al. [4] stated that incomplete microbial degradation of protein and carbohydrates in manure resulted in high odorous production. Besides, bacterial fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract of pig and the slurry pit beneath pig pen may also contribute to the production of odorous substances from the barn. In 2016, Loyon et al. [28] proposed some techniques to minimize undesired emissions from the manure which include direct-fed microbial products based on carefully selected bacteria that could increase the manure decomposition. Particularly, Bacillus species possess spore-forming stability to produce a wide range of hydrolytic enzymes to control malodorous substances [29]. Compared to other odorous compounds nitrogen (N) excretion become the major precursor. In fact, there is a general prediction that growing-finishing pigs typically emit a large amount of noxious gases as a result of feed conversion inefficiencies related to their digestion and metabolism. Apart from this, indoor / outdoor temperature, ventilation rate, animal activity, season, relative humidity, dung depth, pig density, air cleanliness, barn cleanliness, fan size, fan position, pig health, and pit type factors may also affect the performance of pigs [30]. However, there was no adverse result found on the growth performance of growing pigs until the end of the experiment. Earlier studies [31,32] reported that adjusting diet structure [33] and reducing crude protein ingredient in animals’ diet reduce the N excretion and this finding was correlated with current results and the main reason for this outcome are due to proper feed management with the addition of adequate levels of crude protein that suits to the digestive capacity growing pigs.

The hazardous gas CH4 and N2O emissions from manure are highly linked to environmental pollution. Besides, NH3, H2S, and total mercaptans emissions from the livestock production facilities widely affect the quality of air particularly, when produced in large amounts [34]. Previously, Grossi et al. [35] stated that organic matter which was partially decomposed by bacteria in an anaerobic condition had produced more CH4 and CO2. Over the past periods, many studies have focused to mitigate these environmental hazards caused by noxious gas emissions through dietary manipulation procedures. For example, Chu et al. [36] reported that the inclusion of probiotics in livestock feed has effectively decreased the concentration of NH3, fecal pH, and volatile organic matter, also helping to get rid of the toxic odor. On the other hand, Peirson and Nicholson [37] stated that a low-protein diet reduced 40% of odor emission. Generally, unpleasant odors are associated with bad bacteria which can easily grow on the surface to create a terrible smell by breaking down organic contamination. To overcome this subject, several mitigation strategies have been proposed in the millennium, like diet manipulation, vaccines, chemical additives, animal genetic selection, with different efficiencies in reducing enteric CH4, even studies insist that frequent removal of slurry from the pit storage facility is an effective practice to reduce the odor emission from the barn [35]. In 1999, Jacobson et al. [38] reported that soybean oil sprinkling reduced the odor emissions from the nursery pig building. Similarly, Varel and Miller [39] stated that essential oil as masking agent significantly reduces the odor substance from the barn. Likewise, Bellot et al. [24] report that B acillus subtilis strains 2084 and B acillus licheniformis strain 21 are very effective in controlling the odor substance, especially animal (horse, guinea pig, and cow) bedding with Bacillus strains reduced the bad smell from its waste. Over the past decades, activated carbon adsorption, wet scrubbing, masking agents, and various biological additives like essential oils, soybean oils, and microbial additives have been used to control odors from the piggery [40,41]. For instance, Kim et al. [23] use several effective techniques including tap water, salt water, digested manure, microbial additive, soybean oil, artificial spice, and essential oil to reduce odor creation among those, salt water, artificial spice, and essential oil showed a beneficial impact on suppressing the odor substance from the barn. Previously, Zhu et al. [42] suspected whether the use of microbial additives could mitigate the odor concentration in pig house, fortunately, this study proved that spraying multi-bacterial agent in the slurry pits under growing pig pen significantly reduce the odor substance. The proposed reason for the lower odor emission from the pig barn is due to the reduction of pH in the slurry or due to the natural microbial products that were sprayed into the slurry.

CONCLUSION

Our study demonstrates that spraying anti-microbial agents on pig dung would highly help to control the odor substances from the piggery barns. Also, we believe that the current outcome will provide new insight into the spraying method on piggery to elevate major environmental pollution in the future. As it is a preliminary study we applied 1kg mixed probiotics per 100 heads as an anti-microbial spraying agent, yet our research team has planned to conduct more studies to assess the ideal level of microbial agents to suppress the odor from farmhouse with enduring success.

Competing interests

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Funding sources

This work was supported by Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry(IPET) through Useful Agricultural Life Resources Industry Technology Development Program, funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs(MAFRA)(321094-2) and the Department of Animal Resource & Science was supported through the Research-Focused Department Promotion & Interdisciplinary Convergence Research Projects as a part of the University Innovation Support Program for Dankook University in 2022.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Availability of data and material

Upon reasonable request, the datasets of this study can be available from the corresponding author.

Authors’ contributions

Conceptualization: Sureshkumar S, Park JH, Kim IH.

Data curation: Sureshkumar S.

Formal analysis: Park JH.

Investigation: Kim IH.

Writing - original draft: Sureshkumar S.

Writing - review & editing: Sureshkumar S, Park JH, Kim IH.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The research protocol was permitted by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Dankook University (DK-1-2102), prior to the study.

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