Air emissions from animal feeding operations [[electronic resource] ] : current knowledge, future needs / / Ad Hoc Committee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780292903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003
• ISBN: 0-309-16864-3; 1-280-18287-3; 9786610182879; 0-309-50758-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.73920973
• Soggetti: Animal feeding - Environmental aspects - United States; Feedlots - Environmental aspects - United States; Animal industry - Environmental aspects - United States; Odors; Air - Pollution - United States; Agricultural pollution - Research - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (176-193).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Livestock Agriculture and Animal Feeding Operations""; ""3 Air Emissions""; ""4 Measuring Emissions""; ""5 Approaches for Estimating Emissions""; ""6 Government Regulations and Programs""; ""7 Improving Knowledge and Practices""; ""8 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""A Statement of Task""; ""B Acronyms and Glossary""; ""C Bioaerosols""; ""D Nitrogen and Sulfur Contents of Animal Products and Live Animalsâ€? Sample Excretion Predictions""; ""E Animal Units""""F Ammonia Emissions from Manure Storage""; ""G Regulatory Action Levels by Selected Atmospheric Pollutanta,b""; ""H ; Regulatory Action Levels by Regulatory Requirement and Action Statusa,b""; ""I Emission Factors for a Feed Mill or Grain Elevator""; ""J Public Meeting Agendas""; ""K Geographic Distribution of Livestock and Poultry Production in the United States for 1997""; ""L Emission Factors in Published Literature""; ""About the Authors""; ""Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications""