Biosecurity on Poultry Farms from On-Farm Fluidized Bed Combustion and Energy Recovery from Poultry Litter

The spreading of poultry litter in recent years has led to a serious increase in levels of eutrophication, nitrate leaching, high Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), ammonia toxicity, high chlorine concentrations and pathogen contamination. The review presented here details the optimum standards that sh...

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Main Authors: Kevin McDonnell, James J. Leahy, Anne Marie Henihan, Declan Lynch, Deirdre Lynch, Barry Bowen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-07-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/2/7/2135/