Feb 19, 2020 · Antibiotics are widely used in animal husbandry, and various types of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are frequently detected in livestock waste around the world. Conventional livestock waste
Feb 1, 2024 · Furthermore, heavy metal elements were used as livestock forage additives including copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), and have been extensively identified in livestock manure due to their incomplete assimilation in livestock (Peng et al., 2022; Zhou et al., 2016), not only promoting the occurrence of heavy metal resistance genes (HMRGs) but also
Apr 30, 2024 · Livestock manure is one of the most important pools of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment. Aerobic composting can effectively reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance risk in livestock manure. Understanding the effect of aerobic composting process parameters on manure-sourced ARGs is important to control their spreading risk. In this study, the effects of process
Mar 15, 2024 · These large amounts of antibiotic residues in livestock manure induce antibiotic resistance in animal gastrointestinal microorganisms [2]. Antibiotics introduced into the environment induce the production of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), which pose a risk to the environment and public health [3], [4].
The products of composting facilities provide numerous environmental benefits. The use of compost, when incorporated into soil, can improve soil tilth and fertility; it can provide a more stable form of nitrogen less susceptible to leaching into water supplies. Compost also helps reduce compaction and increases infiltration.
dairy manure composts and provide useful information for further optimization of composting practices. Key words: dairy manure compost, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes, microbial community diversity INTRODUCTION China has become one of the major livestock- and poultry-producing countries in the world. Because of
Mar 22, 2021 · Livestock manures is one the common raw materials used in composting and microbial communities of livestock and poultry manures have been explored extensively during composting (Awasthi et al., 2019; Chen et al., 2019; Bello et al., 2020). It has been established that different composting systems using manure from different animals are