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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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