The effect of cattle manure and slurry application on percolation and survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was investigated for different soil depths after the addition of water. Four treatments were chosen for the first set of experiments: (i) addition of inoculated farmyard manure on the soil surface, (ii) mixing of inoculated farmyard manure with t...

CTX-M [a major type of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)] producing Escherichia coli are increasingly involved in human infections worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate potential reservoirs for such strains: soils, cattle, and farm environment. The prevalence of bla(CTX-M) genes was determined directly from soil DNA extracts obtained from 120 sites in Burgundy (France) using...

The concentration of ivermectin in the serum of Hereford heifers treated with a single Ivomec SR bolus reached a maximum of 8.8 +/- 0.9 ppb at 2 wk post-treatment. The single bolus treatment resulted in <10% mortality of adult horn flies feeding on the blood of the treated animals over the 21-wk trial. Bioassays of the manure from treated cattle showed complete inhibition of development of imma...

India is a subtropical country, wherein the climate is of variable type. A shelter is required both in summer as well as in winter to counter the various vagaries of adverse climate and to provide a comfortable environment to the animals. The principle functions of any system of housing for dairy cattle are: (1) Provision of health sustaining and comfortable environment to different categories ...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of earthworm activities on manure from indigenous breeds cattle, sheep and goats Nigeria. Three treatment groups goat were inoculated with earthworms in prepared worm beds casts derived evaluated after 8 weeks. The results showed that had a great impact chemical constituents' transformations manure. percentage nitrogen, phosphorous potassium ca...

The objective of this study was to develop and qualitatively evaluate a model predicting transmission of manure-borne pathogens between co-grazing cattle and wildlife. The developed addon module SIR that we coupled with SWAT model included the following new components: wildlife population changes, resource selection, dose-response, compartmental susceptible-infectiousrecovered (SIR) module and ...

Within a context of beef feedlots and feed-crop production systems, we surveyed farmers to identify their perceived monetary value for the manure they used or could have used. Value is contextual with respect number socio-economic, environmental, regulatory, physical factors, which influence farmer’s inclinations about how manage manure. The most desirable management strategies are likely pract...

Manure application increases pasture crop production and minimizes manure storage costs. Excess N not absorbed by pasture vegetation can leach past the root zone and into ground water. A yearlong study was conducted on grazing pastures at 2 dairy farms to monitor potential nitrate (NO3) movement from the surface through the soil profile toward ground water. Precipitation, irrigation, manure app...

Livestock is a vital source of methane and nitrous oxide gas which are considered as hazardous greenhouse gas (GHG) causing global warming. This study was conducted to assess GHG emissions from different livestock categories of different (small, medium, large) dairy farming in Bangladesh by using IPCC guideline 2006 and CIGR 2002. The emission rate of CH4, N2O (mainly emits from manure) is incr...