Animal manure : recycling, treatment, and management /
A rapidly changing and expanding livestock and poultry production sector is causing a range of environmental problems on local, regional and global scales. Animal Manure Recycling: Treatment and Management presents an accessible overview of environmentally friendly technologies for managing animal m...
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| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2013
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Table of Contents:
- Animal Manure Recycling; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Animal Manure
- From Waste to Raw Materials and Goods; References; 2 Animal Production and Animal Manure Management; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Housing, Feedlots and Exercise Areas; 2.2.1 Cattle; 2.2.2 Pigs; 2.2.3 Poultry; 2.2.4 Integrated Production Systems; 2.3 Management of Manure; 2.3.1 Deep Litter Management; 2.3.2 Slurry Management; 2.3.3 Separation of Slurry; 2.4 Systems Analysis Method for Assessing Mass Flows; 2.4.1 Mass Balance and Process Specifications; 2.5 Summary; References.
- 3 Regulations on Animal Manure Management3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Environmental Issues; 3.3 Need for Government Regulations; 3.4 Global Regulation
- Multilateral Environmental Agreements; 3.5 Regional Regulations
- Exemplified with EU Directives and Regulations; 3.5.1 EU CAP and its Reforms; 3.5.2 EU Environmental Directives; 3.5.3 Reducing Ammonia Emissions from Manure Management in Europe; 3.6 National Regulations on Agricultural Pollution; 3.6.1 United States; 3.6.2 Japan; 3.6.3 Denmark; 3.7 Summary; References; 4 Manure Characterisation and Inorganic Chemistry; 4.1 Introduction.
- 4.2 Livestock Manure Categories4.3 Physical Characterisation of Manure; 4.3.1 Particle Size; 4.3.2 Manure Density and Viscosity; 4.3.3 Electrochemical Properties; 4.4 Manure Inorganic Chemistry; 4.4.1 Ions in Solution; 4.4.2 pH Buffer System; 4.4.3 Volatile Components; 4.4.4 Absorbed Exchangeable Cations; 4.4.5 Crystals and Adsorbed Ions; 4.5 Summary; References; 5 Manure Organic Matter
- Characteristics and Microbial Transformations; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Manure Organic Matter Composition; 5.2.1 Carbon; 5.2.2 Nitrogen; 5.2.3 Characterisation of Manure Organic Matter; 5.3 Manure Microbiology.
- 5.4 Microbial and Biochemical Transformations in Manure5.4.1 Aerobic Decomposition of Organic Matter; 5.4.2 Anaerobic Decomposition of Organic Matter; 5.5 Transformations of Nitrogen; 5.5.1 Urea and Uric Acid Transformation; 5.5.2 Ammonification or Mineralisation
- Organic Nitrogen Transformation to Ammonium; 5.5.3 Immobilisation; 5.5.4 Nitrification; 5.5.5 Nitrification-Denitrification Coupling; 5.6 Summary; References; 6 Sanitation and Hygiene in Manure Management; 6.1 Hygiene Risks Associated with Manure Management; 6.2 Why Must the Pathogens in Manure be Managed?; 6.2.1 Manure Treatment.
- 6.2.2 Expression of Pathogen Reduction6.3 Manure Treatment Alternatives; 6.3.1 Storage; 6.3.2 Anaerobic Treatment; 6.3.3 Composting; 6.4 Chemical Treatment; 6.4.1 Ammonia Treatment; 6.4.2 Ammonia Sanitisation at the Farm Level; 6.5 Summary; References; 7 Solid-Liquid Separation of Animal Slurry; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Removal and Separation Efficiency; 7.3 In-House Separation; 7.4 Solid-Liquid Separation of Manure Slurry; 7.4.1 Sedimentation; 7.4.2 Centrifugation; 7.4.3 Drainage; 7.4.4 Filtration with Pressure; 7.4.5 User Demand on Performance of the Technology.
