Animal agriculture and the environment : National Center for Manure & Animal Waste Management white papers / editors: J.M. Rice, D. F. Caldwell, F. J. Humenik.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
National Center for Manure & Animal Waste Management
Other Authors: Rice, J. M.
Caldwell, D. F.
Humenik, F. J.
Language:English
Published: St. Joseph, Mich. : American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2006.
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Physical Description:vii, 776 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
National Center for Manure & Animal Waste Management white papers.
Format: Book
Description
Note:Air quality and emissions from livestock and poultry production/waste management systems -- Ammonia emissions from animal feeding operations -- Antibiotic resistance and the environment: current science and policy concerns -- Barriers to adoption of animal waste management strategies -- The relationship between contracting and livestock waste pollution -- The impact of 2003 Federal CAFO Regulations on the integrator-grower relations -- Creative solutions to the animal waste problem -- Emerging environmental contaminants: current science and policy concerns -- Gas-to-particle conversion process between ammonia, acid gases, and fine particles in the atmosphere -- Health effects of aerial emissions from animal production -- Closure of earthen manure structures (including basins, holding ponds and lagoons) -- Land application of manure for beneficial reuse -- Legal structures governing animal waste management -- Manipulation of animal diets to affect manure production, composition and odors: state of the science -- Manure management strategies and technologies -- Particulate matter emmissions from animal feeding operations -- The phosphorus index: background and status -- Remediation techniques for manure nutrient loaded soils -- Site selection of animal operations using air quality criteria -- The economics of co-permitting -- Treatment lagoons for animal agriculture -- Vegetative treatment systems for open lot runoff: review of literature -- Pathogens in animal wastes and the impacts of waste management practices on their survival, transport and fate -- Human and environmental health risks from antimicrobially resistant bacteria in food animal production systems -- Odor mitigation for concentrated animal feeding operations: white paper and recommendations -- Effects of manure amendments on environmental and production problems.
Call Number:TD 930.2 .A533 2006