Management of Animal Waste - Environmental Health Problems and Technological Solutions

Animal agriculture is a major industry in the United States and around the world. Like all major industries, animal operations generate a significant amount of waste by-products, by-products which represent serious potential environmental pollutants. This work is an attempt to help those concerned with animal waste management-agricultural economists and policy-makers, environmental and public health officers, farmers, and so on-deal with this critical issue by addressing the problems generated by animal waste within a comprehensive management approach. As animal production worldwide has taken on the characteristics of an industrial operation, the implications of large quantities of waste-disposal and/or refuse-must be analyzed in environmental, economic, and public health terms. This work provides such an analysis.

List of contents

Introduction
Major Environmental Health Concerns Associated with Animal Production
Visual Impact
Air Pollution
Water Pollution
Vectors of Disease
Public Attitudes
Traditional Technological Solutions
Economic Considerations
Traditional Techniques Used in Disposal and Utilization of Animal Waste
Innovative Technological Solutions
Use of Animal Waste as Substrate for Protein Synthesis by Microbes, Algae, and Insects
Recycling Animal Waste as Feed Ingredients for Farm Animals
Management and Regulatory Mechanisms
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Amer El-Ahraf, William V. Willis

Product details

• Authors: Amer El-Ahraf, El-Ahraf Amer, William V. Willis, Willis William V.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.1996
• EAN: 9780275935290
• ISBN: 978-0-275-93529-0
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Pollution & threats to the environment, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Pollution and threats to the environment, Agriculture & Related Industries, Current Events and Issues: Environment