Recent Advancements in Livestock Waste and Wastewater Management
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 15699
Special Issue Editor
Interests: livestock manure management; wastewater treatment; resource recovery and recycling; odor control; nutrient budgeting and management; energy production and utilization
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Dear Colleagues,
Rapid advancements in the livestock industry subsequently change dietary habits and increase the demand for animal products and their byproducts worldwide. However, they also escalate manure production due to intensive livestock practices and raise the issue of nutrient-rich livestock waste and the treatment of wastewater before its final disposal, since untreated waste and wastewater generated by the farms cause numerous environmental hazards such as greenhouse gas emissions, soil acidification, nutrient accumulation and eutrophication in receiving water bodies. Furthermore, failure in the implementation of strict policies and regulations on manure management also contribute to the deterioration of the soil and water ecosystems in both developed and developing countries. Therefore, comprehensive knowledge and research on managing animal waste and wastewater are required, which is a new potential research direction for environmental researchers. In the last two decades, several studies have continuously focused on emerging technologies for animal waste and wastewater management, on which diverse research fields are converging as a new scope. It is important to track the progress as different treatment methods are proposed, validated and tested.
In this Special Issue, original manuscripts that address any aspects of animal waste and wastewater management are invited. This Special Issue will feature work on livestock waste and wastewater management including animal mortality and the treatment of animal waste streams using biological, chemical and physical treatment methods, etc. The other topics of interest are listed below.
- Operational and control strategies for various manure-treatment processes;
- Manure composting and the microbiology of composting;
- GHG emissions from livestock manure, inventories, mechanisms and mitigation studies;
- Odor emissions from livestock, inventories, mechanisms, and mitigation studies;
- Resource recovery with a focus on the simultaneous recovery of N and P;
- Energy production and utilization, etc.
The Special Issue will not be confined to the abovementioned topics; other related topics regarding recent advances or advanced methods in livestock waste and wastewater management will also be welcome.
Prof. Dr. Changsix Ra
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- livestock waste and wastewater management
- livestock mortality, composting
- manure management
- wastewater treatment
- anaerobic digestion
- nutrient recovery
- nutrient removal
- nutrient budget
- energy production and utilization
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