Source Tracking Swine Fecal Waste in Surface Water Proximal to Swine Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Citation

Heaney, Christopher D.; Myers, Kevin W.; Wing, Steve B.; Hall, Devon J.; Baron, Dothula; & Stewart, Jill R. (2015). Source Tracking Swine Fecal Waste in Surface Water Proximal to Swine Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. Science of the Total Environment, 511, 676-683. PMCID: PMC4514616

Abstract

Swine farming has gone through many changes in the last few decades, resulting in operations with a high animal density known as confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). These operations produce a large quantity of fecal waste whose environmental impacts are not well understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate microbial water quality in surface waters proximal to swine CAFOs including microbial source tracking of fecal microbes specific to swine. For one year, surface water samples at up- and downstream sites proximal to swine CAFO lagoon waste land application sites were tested for fecal indicator bacteria (fecal coliforms,

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.062

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2015

Journal Title

Science of the Total Environment

Author(s)

Heaney, Christopher D.
Myers, Kevin W.
Wing, Steve B.
Hall, Devon J.
Baron, Dothula
Stewart, Jill R.

PMCID

PMC4514616

ORCiD

Stewart, J - 0000-0002-3474-5233