Environmental and human health challenges of industrial livestock and   poultry farming in China and their mitigation

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2017.07.003

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	Environmental and human health challenges of industrial livestock and poultry farming in China and their mitigation
	Hu, Yuanan ; Cheng, Hefa ; Tao, Shu
刊名	ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
	2017
关键词	Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) Environmental pollution Human health risk Manure disposal Sustainable animal farming Healthy diets ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE GENES NITROUS-OXIDE EMISSIONS SPECIAL TOPICS-MITIGATION INTENSIVE VEGETABLE CULTIVATION SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITY FOOD-PRODUCING ANIMALS SWINE WASTE-WATER PUBLIC-HEALTH PIG-MANURE
DOI	10.1016/j.envint.2017.07.003
英文摘要	Driven by the growing demand for food products of animal origin, industrial livestock and poultry production has become increasingly popular and is on the track of becoming an important source of environmental pollution in China. Although concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) have higher production efficiency and profitability with less resource consumption compared to the traditional family-based and "free range" farming, they bring significant environmental pollution concerns and pose public health risks. Gaseous pollutants and bioaerosols are emitted directly from CAFOs, which have health implications on animal producers and neighboring communities. A range of pollutants are excreted with the animal waste, including nutrients, pathogens, natural and synthetic hormones, veterinary antimicrobials, and heavy metals, which can enter local farmland soils, surface water, and groundwater, during the storage and disposal of animal waste, and pose direct and indirect human health risks. The extensive use of antimicrobials in CAFOs also contributes to the global public health concern of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Efforts on treating the large volumes of manure generated in CAFOs should be enhanced (e.g., by biogas digesters and integrated farm systems) to minimize their impacts on the environment and human health. Furthermore, the use of veterinary drugs and feed additives in industrial livestock and poultry farming should be controlled, which will not only make the animal food products much safer to the consumers, but also render the manure more benign for treatment and disposal on farmlands. While improving the sustainability of animal farming, China also needs to promote healthy food consumption, which not only improves public health from avoiding high-meat diets, but also slows down the expansion of industrial animal farming, and thus reduces the associated environmental and public health risks.; Natural Science Foundation of China [41673089, 41472324]; National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFD0800302]; National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals; SCI(E); SSCI; REVIEW; 111-130; 107
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/468953]
专题	城市与环境学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hu, Yuanan,Cheng, Hefa,Tao, Shu. Environmental and human health challenges of industrial livestock and poultry farming in China and their mitigation[J]. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL,2017.
APA	Hu, Yuanan,Cheng, Hefa,&Tao, Shu.(2017).Environmental and human health challenges of industrial livestock and poultry farming in China and their mitigation.ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL.
MLA	Hu, Yuanan,et al."Environmental and human health challenges of industrial livestock and poultry farming in China and their mitigation".ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL (2017).