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. 2025 Mar 30;103:skaf101. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaf101

Table 6.

Urine pH and aerial ammonia emission in pigs fed diets with 0.00 or 1.00% BA1,2

BA, %
Item 0.00 1.00 SEM P value
Urine pH 7.37 6.21 0.25 0.008
Hour in chamber, ppm
 24 h average 2.87 1.10 0.53 <0.001
 Last 3 h 5.33 2.47 1.03 <0.001
 Last 5 h 5.00 2.38 1.02 <0.001
 Last 7 h 4.78 2.27 0.93 0.001
 Last 10 h 4.43 2.03 0.84 0.001

1The experimental unit was a pen and each least squares mean represents 6 observations for urine pH and ammonia emission.

2Pigs were housed in a pen in an environmental chamber with an odor sensor for 24 h period for this study.