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Reconstructing the historical expansion of industrial swine production from Landsat imagery

Scientific Reports, 2022
In the USA, historical data on the period over which industrial swine farms have operated are usually only available at the county scale and released every 5 years via the USDA Census of Agriculture, leaving the history of the swine industry and its ...
Lise R. Montefiore, Natalie G. Nelson, Amanda Dean, Mahmoud Sharara   +3 more
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Tracking antibiotic resistance gene transfer at all seasons from swine waste to receiving environments

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in livestock farms have attracted a growing attention with potential effects on human health. As one of the most important organic fertilizer, swine waste provided an ideal environment for understanding the ...
Bingjun Han, Fengxia Yang, Xueli Tian, Meirui Mu, Keqiang Zhang   +4 more
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Different diets with and without inclusion of antimicrobial additives alter the toxicity of swine manure to springtails and earthworms

Bioscience Journal, 2020
The objective of this study was to measure the impact on part of soil fauna of application of non-stabilized (fresh) manure from post-weaning pigs fed diets formulated with or without dual-purpose wheat, and with or without the use of antimicrobial ...
Suélen Serafini, Kaine Cristine Cubas da Silva, Junior Gonçalves Soares, Ana Paula Maccari, Julia Corá Segat, Aleksandro Schafer da Silva, Diovani Paiano, Dilmar Baretta   +7 more
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Treatments and utilization of swine waste in Brazil [PDF]

African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2017
Swine wastes obtained from farming activities have the greatest impact on the environment by environmental agencies. Swine wastes together with poor management represent risks to the environment. In Brazil, these activities significantly increased in the last years and from 2014, the country became the fourth largest producer in the world. Swine wastes
Damaris de Azevedo Frigo Kesia, Feiden Armin, Cesar Sampaio Silvio, Camilo Alberton Geraldo, Talita Schneider Lara, Bonassa Gabriela, Pires Frigo Elisadro, Ferreira Santos Reginaldo   +7 more
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Using swine farming wastewater for Signal grass cultivation

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2016
The objective of this study was to evaluate forage production and root accumulation in Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk with swine wastewater as a fertilizer.
Bruno Grossi Costa Homem, Valdir Botega Tavares, Onofre Barroca de Almeida Neto, Marisa Senra Condé, Igor Machado Ferreira, Mateus Diniz Silva, Márcio André Stefanelli Lara   +6 more
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Swine Lagoon Compost: Analysis as Transplant Substrate for ‘Traviata’ Eggplant, ‘Clemson Spineless’ Okra, and ‘Moneymaker’ Tomato

HortTechnology, 2022
Composted swine (Sus domesticus) lagoon solids may provide a nutrient rich alternative to peatmoss (Sphagnum sp.) in a transplant substrate while dispersing the concentrated nutrients of this waste product in a cost effective, environmentally ...
Abbey C. Noah, Helen T. Kraus, Paige L. Herring   +2 more
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Effect of Biochar Amendments on the Co-Composting of Food Waste and Livestock Manure

Agronomy, 2022
The global increase in population will result in increased global food production which can, in turn, lead to excessive food waste. Although composting is widely adopted for the conversion of organic waste into value-added products, there are several ...
Woojin Chung, Jaehong Shim, Soon Woong Chang, Balasubramani Ravindran   +3 more
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Anaerobic co-digestion of animal manure at different waste cooking oil concentrations

Ciência Rural, 2018
: This study aimed to obtain the best dose of waste cooking oil inclusion for the co-digestion of substrates prepared with dairy cattle and swine manure in order to maximize solids reductions and biogas yield.
Natália da Silva Sunada, Ana Carolina Amorim Orrico, Marco Antonio Previdelli Orrico Junior, Jorge de Lucas Junior, Walter Renato Teixeira Lopes, Alice Watte Schwingel   +5 more
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Green Preparation of Fluorescent Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots for Sensitive Detection of Oxytetracycline in Environmental Samples

Nanomaterials, 2020
Nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (N-CQDs) with strong fluorescence were prepared by a one-step hydrothermal method using natural biomass waste. Two efficient fluorescent probes were constructed for selective and sensitive detection of oxytetracycline ...
Rong Gao, Zhibin Wu, Li Wang, Jiao Liu, Yijun Deng, Zhihua Xiao, Jun Fang, Yunshan Liang   +7 more
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Biogas production and composition optimization in an anaerobic digestor using cheese whey and swine manure as substrate

Acta Scientiarum: Technology, 2022
The search for new sources of energy has intensified these days due to the environmental impacts caused by fossil fuels. The tripod composed of energy, food and water is the base of human existence.
Letí­cia Ribeiro Machado, Adriano Henrique Ferrarez, Jader Lugon Junior, Fernando César Alves   +3 more
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