Sustainable animal agriculture /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Animal culture.; Sustainable agriculture.; Agricultural Economics.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000); Animal Welfare.; Water Resources.; Meteorology and Climate.; Pollution and Degradation.; Biotechnology (General), (Revised June 2002); Animal Wastes.; Agricultural economics.; Air pollutants.; Air pollution.; Air quality.; Ammonia.; Animal husbandry.; Animal manures.; Animal production.; Animal welfare.; Biotechnology.; Efficiency.; Environmental impact.; Feeds.; Food production.; Greenhouse gases.; Methane.; Social impact.; Sustainability.; Waste management.; Water quality.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 321 pages) : illustrations (some color) maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book with eighteen chapters draws together themes on sustainability that have emerged as the most pressing in recent years. The book addresses practical topics such as air quality, manure management, animal feeds, production efficiency, environmental sustainability, biotechnology issues, animal welfare concerns, societal impacts and an analysis of the data used to assess the economic sustainability of farms. Further, the book will be helpful to academics, researchers, animal scientists, farmers agriculturalists, environmentalists.