Overview
Main description
Learn how to manage the foods contaminated by pathogens that have recently made headlines worldwide
Addressing the increasing concern about how pathogens present
in animal manure effect human health, this is the first comprehensive
work to cover what these pathogens are, how they can
be managed properly, and current regulations.
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction To Manure Pathogens, Manure Management, And Regulations
Chapter 2. A Description Of The Environmental Pollution That Can Result From Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Chapter 3. Pathogens In Manure – The Usda's Perspective
Chapter 4. Introduction To Animal Waste Management
Chapter 5. Introduction To Drinking Water Treatment
Chapter 6. Pathogen Removal From Drinking Waters: Regulations And Process Effectiveness
Chapter 7. Potential Viral Transmission Through Animal Manure
Chapter 8. Bacterial Pathogens In Animal Manure
Chapter 9. Protozoan And Helminth Parasites Of Animal Manure
Chapter 10. Potential Threat Of Prions In Manure
Chapter 11. Details Of Some Manure Associated Pathogen Outbreaks In People
Chapter 12. Antibiotics In Manure
Chapter 13. Manure Pathogens And Their Effects On Humans
Chapter 14. Risk Assessment As Applied To Manure-Borne Pathogens
Chapter 15. Environmental Survival Of Parasites
Chapter 16. Pathogens, Water And Transport
Chapter 17. Persistence And Transport Of Pathogens From Animal Agriculture In Soil And Water
Chapter 18. Introduction To Processes Used For Pathogen Destruction In Solids And Effluents
Chapter 19. Detecting Parasites In Environmental Samples
Chapter 20. Industrial Composting
Chapter 21. Swine Waste Generation, Collection, Storage, And Treatment Options
Chapter 22. On Farm Processing Of Dairy Manure
Chapter 23. In-Vessel Composting Systems: A Potential Turn-Key Process For Calf-Greenhouse Waste
Chapter 24. The Realities Of Handling Poultry Waste
Chapter 25. The Advent Of Value-Added Products From Manure And Municipal Biosolids
Chapter 26. Future Directions In Animal Waste Management
Author comments
Dwight D. Bowman, Ph.D. is Professor of Parasitology,
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.