Hormones and Pharmaceuticals Generated by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Transport in Water and Soil /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pruden, Amy. (Editor), Shore, Laurence S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Emerging Topics in Ecotoxicology, Principles, Approaches and Perspectives, 1
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Ecology.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental toxicology.; Environment.; Ecotoxicology.; Terrestial Ecology.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Environmental Chemistry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92834-0

Hormones and Pharmaceuticals Generated by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: Transport in Water and Soil examines how hormones, antibiotics and pharmaceuticals generated from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) of cattle, poultry, swine and aquaculture are transported in water and so...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Defining CAFOs
• Steroid Hormones and Enzymes
• Steroid Hormones Generated by CAFOs
• Transport of Steroids in Surface Waters
• Physiochemical Characterization of Steroid Hormones in Soil Columns
• Transport of Steroids in Soil Under Field Conditions
• Tracking Sources of CAFO Pollution
• Soil Ecology and Factors Affecting Biomass
• Production and Transport of Antibiotics from CAFOs
• Antibiotic Resistant Genes in Soil Bacteria
• Effects of Steroid Hormones on Aquatic and Soil Organisms
• Organic Compounds Used in Aquaculture
• Organic Compounds Used in Animal Husbandry
• Impact and Risk Assessment
• Management Approaches to Dealing with Pharmaceuticals and Hormones from CAFOs.