Fate and Transport of Zoonotic Bacterial, Viral, and - The Pork Store ...
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1. Overview <strong>of</strong> Swine Manure Management Systems <strong>and</strong> Factors Affecting the Survival <strong>and</strong> environmental <strong>Transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> Microbes<br />
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INTrODuCTION: OVerVIew OF SwINe MANure MANAgeMeNT<br />
SySTeMS AND FACTOrS AFFeCTINg <strong>The</strong> SurVIVAl AND<br />
eNVIrONMeNTAl TrANSPOrT OF MICrOBeS<br />
Animal manure management systems in the<br />
United States are designed to store, treat, <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong> apply<br />
solid, semisolid, slurry, or liquid manure (urine <strong>and</strong><br />
fecal material) on agricultural fields following removal<br />
from the animal environment. Manure processed in<br />
swine management systems is usually in liquid (1–4%<br />
solids), slurry (4–15% solids), <strong>and</strong> semisolid forms,<br />
<strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong> application most <strong>of</strong>ten involves spreading<br />
on fields as fertilizer (Copel<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Zin 1998; Dickey,<br />
Brum, <strong>and</strong> Shelton 1981; Hill 2003). <strong>The</strong> majority <strong>of</strong><br />
these management systems are designed to reduce<br />
the concentrations <strong>of</strong> microbes that may be found in<br />
swine manure by 90–99% or more (Sobsey et al. 2005),<br />
<strong>and</strong> prevent <strong>of</strong>f-farm transport <strong>of</strong> manure materials<br />
(i.e., nondischarge systems). <strong>The</strong> majority <strong>of</strong> microbes<br />
contained in swine manure are not pathogenic to<br />
humans (i.e., zoonotic). Nonetheless, the effectiveness<br />
<strong>of</strong> swine manure management systems to prevent<br />
environmental contamination with human pathogens<br />
is a concern, because there are several putative<br />
Table 1.1 waste management technologies used in swine production systems<br />
System Functional classification<br />
Confinement building under slat<br />
scrape, gravity drainage or flush system<br />
Below ground (deep pit) slurry<br />
storage<br />
Solids separator<br />
Single nonaerated lagoon<br />
Multistage nonaerated lagoon system<br />
Aerated lagoon<br />
Anaerobic digestor<br />
Composting (including vermiculture)<br />
Surface or subsurface flow<br />
constructed wetl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Surface spreading or sprayfield<br />
irrigation<br />
Removal <strong>of</strong> semisolid, liquid, or slurried<br />
wastes from animal environment<br />
Estimated percentage <strong>of</strong><br />
U.S. swine facilities using<br />
system (USDA 2002b) a<br />
Not reported<br />
Storage <strong>of</strong> wastes 57.2%<br />
Physical treatment <strong>of</strong> wastes by removing solid<br />
fraction <strong>of</strong> slurried or semisolid wastes from<br />
liquid fraction<br />
Storage <strong>and</strong> biological treatment <strong>of</strong> slurried or<br />
liquid wastes<br />
Storage <strong>and</strong> serial biological treatment <strong>of</strong><br />
slurried or liquid wastes<br />
Storage <strong>and</strong> biological treatment <strong>of</strong> slurried or<br />
liquid wastes<br />
Biological treatment <strong>of</strong> liquid <strong>and</strong> slurried<br />
wastes; methane production for energy recovery<br />
Biological treatment <strong>of</strong> solid or semisolid<br />
fraction <strong>of</strong> wastes<br />
14.6%<br />
22.8%<br />
38.6%<br />
0.4%<br />
Not reported<br />
6.7%<br />
Biological treatment <strong>of</strong> liquid wastes Not reported<br />
Disposal <strong>of</strong> treated solid, semisolid (surface<br />
spreading), or liquid wastes (sprayfield<br />
irrigation)<br />
61% Broadcast/solid spreader<br />
49.1% Slurry spreading<br />
11.2% Irrigation<br />
Subsurface soil injection Disposal <strong>of</strong> treated slurried wastes 34.3%<br />
aSome facilities may use more than one management technology, allowing for total percentage to exceed 100%.<br />
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