The possibility of contamination of water-soil environment as a result of the use of pig slurry
Authors:
- Marta Marszałek,
- Zygmunt Kowalski,
- Agnieszka Makara
Abstract
Pig slurry is a heterogeneous mixture of faeces, urine, undigested remains of feed items and water used for flushing of animal excrement and to maintain the proper hygiene of livestock housing. It is formed on farms which use the non-bedding system of pig breeding i.e. animals are kept on the partially or fully slatted floors. According to the Polish law pig slurry is defined as a liquid natural fertilizer intended for agricultural use. The storage and application of pig slurry on arable land affect the surroundings and may create a number of serious risks related to, among others, the pollution of water-soil environment with biogenic elements, heavy metals, pathogens and pharmaceuticals. The article presents the reasons for the occurrence of excessive amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, copper, zinc and antibiotics in pig slurry. The possibility of microbial and pharmaceutical contamination of water, soil and plants as well as their pollution with biogens and heavy metals as a result of improper storage and excessive spreading of pig slurry have been characterized. Moreover, methods of preventing the above-mentioned threats with reference to Polish and EU legal acts have been discussed.
- Record ID
- CUTc04655ec46574af79fc309b56ea6d6dc
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Other language title versions
- Możliwość zanieczyszczenia środowiska wodno-glebowego na skutek stosowania gnojowicy świńskiej
- Journal series
- Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S, ISSN 1898-6196, e-ISSN 2084-4549
- Issue year
- 2019
- Vol
- 26
- No
- 2
- Pages
- 313-330
- Other elements of collation
- tab.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 326-330; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 106; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 26, Iss. 2
- Keywords in English
- pig slurry, biogenic elements, heavy metals, pathogenic microorganisms, antibiotics
- DOI
- DOI:10.1515/eces-2019-0022 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/eces/26/2/eces.26.issue-2.xml Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 40
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUTc04655ec46574af79fc309b56ea6d6dc/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUTc04655ec46574af79fc309b56ea6d6dc
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