A review of water quality concerns in livestock farming areas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 250, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 143-167

  Hooda, P S ^a   Edwards, A C ^b   Anderson, H A ^b   Miller, A ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial and protozoan organisms; Nitrate; Organic waste; Phosphate; Sheep dipping chemicals; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FERTILIZERS; GREAT BRITAIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034708915     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00373-9     Document Type: Article

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