Commercial Demonstration of the Reduction of Ammonia(NH3) Production and other Environmental Benefits in Poultry Houses through use of a Plenum Flooring System

This project will demonstrate an innovative and highly effective flooring system for reducing ammonia emissions in chicken houses. Approximately 9 billion broilers (chickens raised for meat production) are raised in the United States (US) annually producing approximately 25 billion pounds of manure. Broiler house floors have several types of material that is used to absorb/ disperse the manure moisture. In the broiler houses ammonia is produced by a natural chemical reaction in the feces and released. High levels of ammonia could be detrimental to the environment, broiler health and human health. After many years of engineering and testing, special flooring has been developed by AviHome to replace the litter as the base of the floor to rear broilers.