Sustainable animal agriculture /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Kebreab, E. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
Subjects:	Animal culture. Sustainable agriculture. Agricultural Economics. Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000) Animal Wastes. Animal Welfare. Biotechnology (General), (Revised June 2002) Meteorology and Climate. Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000) Pollution and Degradation. Water Resources. 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. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Sustainability : a wicked problem / H.C. Peterson
Production efficiency of ruminants : feed, nitrogen and methane / J. Dijkstra, J. France, J.L. Ellis, A.B. Strathe, E. Kebreab and A. Bannink
Production efficiency of monogastric animals / H.D. Poulsen, K. Blaabjerg, J.V. Nørgaard and E. Kebreab
Animal welfare : an integral component of sustainability / C.B. Tucker, J.A. Mench, M.A.G. Von Keyserlingk
Genetics and sustainable animal agriculture / A.L. Van Eenennaam
Minimizing environmental impacts of livestock production using diet optimization models / L.E. Moraes and J.G. Fadel
Sustainable manure management / A.B. Leytem, R.S. Dungan and P.J.A. Kleinman
Water-related issues in sustainability : nitrogen and phosphorus management / K. Knowlton and P. Ray
Air quality issues in sustainability : greenhouse gases and volatile organic compounds / S.E. Place and F.M. Mitloehner
Integration of air and water quality issues / C.A. Rotz and T.L. Veith
The environmental sustainability of food production / J.L. Capper
Economic sustainability in animal agriculture / S.C. Blank
Achieving social sustainability in animal agriculture : challenges and opportunities to reconcile multiple sustainability goals / M.T. Niles
Life-cycle assessment in ruminant production / K.A. Beauchemin and E.J. McGeough
Quantitative measurements of ammonia and methane loss from livestock / S.M. McGinn
Manipulation of microbial ecology for sustainable animal production / A.-D.G. Wright and S.E. Hook
Emerging contaminants in livestock manure : hormones, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance genes / P. Ray, Z. Zhao and K.F. Knowlton
Animal agriculture : how can it be sustainable in the future? / D.K. Beede.