Am.Soc/Agricultural Engineers

Animal agriculture and the environment; National Center for Manure & Animal Waste Management white papers.

This volume collects 26 white papers produced by the National Center for Manure and Animal Waste Management, a US government/academia collaborative project focused on "the development and dissemination of knowledge and technology for sustainable, profitable and internationally competitive animal production that also protects community interests and environmental quality." The papers collectively assess the state of the science for animal waste management. Examples of issues addressed include ammonia emissions from animal feeding operations, barriers to adoption of animal waste management strategies, the relationship between contracting and livestock waste pollution, health effects of aerial emissions from animal production and waste management systems, manipulation of animal diets to affect manure, legal structures governing animal waste management, land application of manure for beneficial reuse, remediation techniques for mature nutrient loaded soils, treatment lagoons for animal agriculture, and odor mitigation for concentrated animal feeding operations. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)